Proverbial Wisdom

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

1279. To manage men one ought to have a sharp mind in a velvet sheath.

George Eliot (1819-1880)

Romola, Chap. XXXIX

1280. Society is now one polish’d horde,
Form’d of two mighty tribes, the Bores and Bored.

George Gordon Byron (1788-1824)

Don Juan, Can. VIII, St. 95

1281. Let not the sun go down upon your wrath.

The Bible

Ephesians 4:26

1282. He soonest looseth that despairs to win.

Anonymous (1605)

The Famous History of the Life and Death of
Captain Thomas Stukeley (Wife), line 711

1283. True friendship’s laws are by this rule expressed,
Welcome the coming, speed the parting guest.

Alexander Pope (1688-1744)

Homer’s Odyssey, Bk XV, line 83

1284. Blunt truths more mischief than nice falsehoods do.

Alexander Pope (1688-1744)

Essay on Criticism, Pt III, line 574