Proverbial Wisdom

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

565. Good nature will always supply the absence of beauty, but beauty cannot long supply the absence of good nature.

Joseph Addison (1672-1719)

Spectator, No. 306

566. The better part of valour is discretion.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Henry IV, Pt I (Falstaff), Act V, Scene IV

567. A friend should bear a friend’s infirmities.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Julius Caesar (Cassius), Act IV

568. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

John Bunyan (1628-1688)

Pilgrim’s Progress (Interpreter), Book I

569. That all men would be cowards, if they dare,
Some men have had the courage to declare.

George Crabbe (1754-1832)

Tale I, line I

570. The best of men have ever loved repose.

James Thomson (1700-1748)

The Castle of Indolence, I, line 17