Proverbial Wisdom

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

475. Riches can’t always purchase happiness.

Robert Southey (1774-1843)

The Wedding (Traveller)

476. 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

477. Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule the law.

Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774)

The Traveller, line 386

478. Wives are young men’s mistresses; companions for middle age; and old men’s nurses.

Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626)

Essay VIII, Of Marriage and Single Life

479. What better school for manners, than the company of virtuous women?

David Hume (1711-1776)

Essay XIV, The Rise of Arts and Sciences

480. It is excellent
To have a giant’s strength; but it is tyrannous
To use it like a giant.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Measure for Measure (Isabella), Act II, Scene II