Proverbial Wisdom

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

703. My poverty but not my will consents.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Romeo and Juliet (Apothecary), Act V, Scene I

704. Who is worse shod than the shoemaker’s wife?

John Heywood (?1497-?1580)

Proverbs, Bk I, Chap. XI

705. Repentance clothes in grass and flowers
The grave in which the past is laid.

John Sterling (1806-1844)

The Penitent

706. My advice is, never do to-morrow what you can do today. Procrastination is the thief of time.

Charles Dickens (1812-1870)

David Copperfield (Mr Micawber), Ch. XII

707. Grief best is pleas’d with grief’s society.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Rape of Lucrece, St. 159

708. One minute gives invention to destroy; what to rebuild, will a whole age employ.

William Congreve (1670-1729)

The Double Dealer (Maskwell), Act I, Scene VI