Proverbial Wisdom

Express the idea behind each of these proverbs using different words as much as you can.

37. Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape calumny.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Hamlet (Hamlet), Act III, Scene I

38. He that doth live at home, and learns to know
God and himself, needeth no further go.

Christopher Harvey (1597-1663)

The Synagogue, Travels at Home

39. Your evidence was lame:— proceed:
Come, help your lame dog o’er the stile.

Jonathan Swift (1667-1745)

Poems, Upon the Horrid Plot etc. (Whig and Tory)

40. A heavy purse makes a light heart

Ben Jonson (1572-1637)

The New Inn (Host), Act I, Scene I

41. You must cut your coat according to your cloth.

Old Proverb

42. Wit is a form of force that leaves the limbs at rest.

George Eliot (1819-1880)

Felix Holt, Ch. XXX