Proverbial Wisdom

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

727. Ill deeds are doubled with an evil word.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Comedy of Errors (Luciana), Act III, Scene II

728. How sharper than a serpent’s tooth it is
To have a thankless child.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

King Lear (Lear), Act I, Scene IV

729. He that mounts him on the swiftest hope,
Shall often run his courser to a stand.

Colley Cibber (1671-1757)

Adaptation of Shakespeare’s Richard III (King Henry), Act I,
Scene I

730. God’s mills grind slow, but sure.

George Herbert (1593-1633)

Jacula Prudentum

731. Few love to hear the sins they love to act.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Pericles (Pericles), Act I, Scene I

732. When the stool’s rotten enough, no matter who sits on it.

George Eliot (1819-1880)

Scenes from Clerical Life, Amos Barton (Mr Hackit)