Proverbial Wisdom

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

1351. Never make a defence or apology before you be accused.

King Charles I (1600-1649)

Letter to Lord Wentworth

1352. The drying up a single tear has more
Of honest fame, than shedding seas of gore.

George Gordon Byron (1788-1824)

Don Juan, Can. VIII, St. 3

1353. The childhood shews the man,
As morning shews the day.

John Milton (1608-1674)

Paradise Regained, Bk IV, line 220

1354. He who discommendeth others obliquely commendeth himself.

Sir Thomas Browne (1605-1682)

Christian Morals, Pt I, XXXIV

1355. Better not do the deed than weep it done.

Matthew Prior (1664-1721)

Henry and Emma

1356. Accursed is the march of that glory
Which treads o’er the hearts of the free.

Thomas Moore (1779-1852)

Irish Melodies, Forget not the Fiel