Proverbial Wisdom

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

577. Philosophy is a good horse in the stable, but an errant jade on a journey.

Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774)

The Good-Natured Man (Jarvis), Act I

578. Politeness costs nothing, and gains everything.

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689-1762)

Letters

579. Necessity is the mother of invention.

Old Proverb

580. Health is the first good lent to men;
A gentle disposition then;
Next, to be rich by no by-ways;
Lastly, with friends t’ enjoy our days.

Robert Herrick (1591-1674)

Hesperides, 121

581. Nothing is so good as it seems beforehand.

George Eliot (1819-1880)

Silas Marner (Nancy), Chap. XVIII

582. He that strives not to stem his anger’s tide,
Does a wild horse without a bridle ride.

Colley Cibber (1671-1757)

Love’s Last Shift, Act III, Scene I, last lines