Proverbial Wisdom

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

55. Wealth, howsoever got, in England makes
Lords of mechanics, gentlemen of rakes:
Antiquity and birth are needless here; ’Tis impudence and money makes a peer.

Daniel Defoe (1660-1731)

The True-born Englishman, Pt I

56. He that’s merciful
Unto the bad, is cruel to the good.

Thomas Randolph (1605-1635)

The Muses’ Looking Glass

57. The dignity of the commandment is according to the dignity of the commanded.

Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626)

The Advancement of Learning, Bk I

58. Suit the action to the word, the word to the action.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Hamlet (Hamlet), Act III, Scene II

59. If thou wilt go seek for a thief, no wonder if thou be robbed.

Richard Baxter (1615-1691)

Christian Ethics

60. He only judges right who weighs, compares,
And, in the sternest sentence which his voice
Pronounces, ne’er abandons charity.

William Wordsworth (1770-1850)

Ecclesiastical Sonnets, Pt. II, I