Proverbial Wisdom

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

961. Haste makes waste, and waste makes want, and want makes strife between the good man and his wife.

Old Proverb

962. If all the year were playing holidays,
To sport would be as tedious as to work.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Henry IV., Pt. I. (Prince Henry), Act I., Scene II.

963. Nobody can deny but that religion is a comfort to the distressed, a cordial to the sick, and sometimes a restraint on the wicked.

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689-1762)

Letter to the Countess of Bute, 23rd June, 1754

964. Ill news hath wings, and with the wind doth go;
Comfort’s a cripple, and comes ever slow.

Michael Drayton (15631631)

The Baron’s Wars, Bk II, XXVIII

965. A man loveth more tenderlie
The thing that he hath bought most dere.

Geoffrey Chaucer (?1343-1400)

Romaunt of the Rose, line 2737

966. Pleasures are like poppies spread,
You seize the flower, its bloom is shed.

Robert Burns (1759-1796)

Tam o’ Shanter