Proverbial Wisdom

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

475. Sweet are the uses of adversity ;
Which like the toad ugly and venomous,
Wears yet a precious jewel in his head.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

As You Like It (Duke Senior), Act II, Scene I

476. His heart runs away with his head.

George Colman (1762-1836)

Who Wants a Guinea? (Heartly), Act I, Scene I

477. Great men are seldom over scrupulous in the arrangement of their attire.

Charles Dickens (1812-1870)

Pickwick, Ch. II

478. Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.

Sir Richard Steele (1672-1729)

The Tatler, No. 147

479. Lydia, you ought to know that lying don’t become a young woman!

Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816)

The Rivals (Mrs Malaprop), Act III., Scene III.

480. All who joy would win
Must share it, — Happiness was born a twin.

George Gordon Byron (1788-1824)

Don Juan, Can. II, St. 172