Proverbial Wisdom

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

493. There is nothing makes a man suspect much, more than to know little.

Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626)

Essay XXXI, of Suspicion

494. He who discommendeth others obliquely commendeth himself.

Sir Thomas Browne (1605-1682)

Christian Morals, Pt I, XXXIV

495. He, with lib’ral and enlarged mind,
Who loves his country, cannot hate mankind.

Charles Churchill (1732-1764)

The Farewell, line 301

496. Life is not so short but that there is always time for courtesy.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)

Social Aims

497. A man may cry Church! Church! at ev’ry word.
With no more piety than other people —
A daw’s not reckoned a religious bird
Because it keeps a-cawing from a steeple.

Thomas Hood (1799-1845)

Ode to Rae Wilson Esq.

498. An idler is a watch that wants both hands;
As useless when it goes as when it stands.

William Cowper (1731-1800)

Retirement, line 681