Proverbial Wisdom

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

811. The cottage is sure to suffer for every error of the court, the cabinet, or the camp.

Charles Caleb Colton (1780-1832)

Lacon, V

812. Necessity is the mother of invention.

Old Proverb

813. 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

814. Man is a creature of a wilful head,
And hardly driven is, but eas’ly led.

Samuel Daniel (1562-1619)

The Queen’s Arcadia (Ergastus), Act IV, Scene V

815. You may deride my awkward pace,
But slow and steady wins the race.

Robert Lloyd (1733-1764)

Fables. The Hare and the Tortoise

816. Valour’s whetstone, anger,
Which sets an edge upon the sword, and makes it
Cut with a spirit.

Thomas Randolph (1605-1635)

The Muses’ Looking-Glass (Colax),
Act III, Scene III