Proverbial Wisdom

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

697. The law is blind, and speaks in general terms;
She cannot pity where occasion serves.

Thomas May (?1594-1650)

The Heir (Euphues), Act IV.

698. Best things carry’d to excess are wrong.

Charles Churchill (1732-1764)

The Rosciad, line 1039

699. Who reproves the lame, must go upright.

Samuel Daniel (1562-1619)

Civil War, Bk III, X

700. The bitter goes before the sweet. Yea, and for as much as it doth, it makes the sweet the sweeter.

John Bunyan (1628-1688)

Pilgrim’s Progress (Timorous), Pt II

701. When the sunne shineth, make hay.

John Heywood (?1497-?1580)

Proverbs, Bk I, Chap. III

702. When the people have no other tyrant, their own public opinion becomes one.

Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton (1803-1873)

Ernest Maltravers, Bk VI, Chap. V