Proverbial Wisdom

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

1489. A burthen’d conscience
Will never need a hangman.

Francis Beaumont (1584-1616) and John Fletcher (1579-1625)

Laws of Candy (Cassilane), Act V, Scene I

1490. If you would know the value of money, go and try to borrow some; for he that goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing.

Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)

Poor Richard’s Almanac

1491. What’s one man’s poison, signor,
Is another’s meat or drink.

John Fletcher (1579-1625)

Love’s Cure (Piorato), Act III, Scene II

1492. He is not worthy of the honey-comb,
Who shuns the hives because the bees have stings.

Anonymous (1595)

Locrine (Hubba), Act III, Scene II

1493. Man seeks his own good at the whole world’s cost.

Robert Browning (1812-1889)

Luria (Braccio), Act I.

1494. Generous commerce binds
The round of nations in a golden chain.

James Thomson (1700-1748)

Seasons, Summer, line 138