Proverbial Wisdom

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

577. One sickly sheep infects the flock,
And poisons all the rest.

Isaac Watts (1674-1748)

Songs for Children, XXI

578. More vacant pulpits would more converts make.

John Dryden (1631-1700)

The Hind and the Panther, Pt III, line 182

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

Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626)

Essay XXXI, of Suspicion

580. A friend ought to shun no pain, to stand his friend in stead.

Richard Edwards (1525-1556)

Damon and Pithias (Carisophus)

581. How were pity understood
Unless by pain?

Robert Browning (1812-1889)

Parleyings with Certain People: Francis Farini

582. Veracity is the heart of morality.

Thomas Henry Huxley (1825-1895)

Science and Culture,
Universities Actual and Ideal