Proverbial Wisdom

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

457. Society in poverty is better than solitude in wealth.

Thomas Love Peacock (?1785-1866)

Melincourt (Mr Forrester), Ch. XII

458. ’Tis the good reader that makes the good book.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)

Success

459. What deep wounds ever closed without a scar?

George Gordon Byron (1788-1824)

Childe Harold, Can. III, LXXXIV

460. He’s half absolv’d who has confessed.

Matthew Prior (1664-1721)

Alma, Can. II, line 22

461. Care to our coffin adds a nail, no doubt,
And ev’ry grin, so merry draws one out.

Peter Pindar (1738-1819)

Expostulatory Odes, XV

462. A man, sir, should keep his friendship in constant repair.

Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)

In Conversation with Sir Joshua Reynolds