Proverbial Wisdom

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

67. A willing heart adds feather to the heel,
And makes the clown a winged mercury.

Joanna Baillie (1762-1851)

De Montfort (Rezenvelt), Act III, Scene II

68. The hastie man never wanteth woe.

John Heywood (?1497-?1580)

Proverbs, Bk I, Ch. II

69. Speak not in the hearing of a fool;
For he will despise the wisdom of thy words.

The Bible

Proverbs 23:9

70. From shaven chins never came better justice
Than those ne’er touched by razor.

Thomas Middleton (1580-1627)

The Old Law (Eugenia), Act V, Scene I

71. Wit is a form of force that leaves the limbs at rest.

George Eliot (1819-1880)

Felix Holt, Ch. XXX

72. The world agrees,
That he writes well who thinks with ease;
Then he, by sequel logical,
Writes best who never thinks at all.

Matthew Prior (1664-1721)

Epistle to Fleetwood Shephard