Proverbial Wisdom

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

499. A good man should and must
Sit rather down with loss, than rise unjust.

Ben Jonson (1572-1637)

Sejanus (Sabinus), Act IV, Scene III

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

David Hume (1711-1776)

Essay XIV, The Rise of Arts and Sciences

501. Authors, like coins, grow dear as they grow old;
It is the rust we value, not the gold.

Alexander Pope (1688-1744)

Imitations of Horace, Bk II, Ep. I

502. If trod upon, a worm
Will turn again.

Thomas Middleton (1580-1627) and William Rowley (?1585-1626)

The Spanish Gipsy (Constanza), Act V, Scene I

503. Some ease it is hid sorrows to declare.

Francis Davison (fl. 1602)

Sonnet V. A Complaint

504. A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Old Proverb