Proverbial Wisdom

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

1489. The clothing of our minds certainly ought to be regarded before that of our bodies.

Sir Richard Steele (1672-1729)

Spectator, No. 75.

1490. It’s a melancholy consideration indeed, that our chief comforts often produce our greatest anxieties, and that an increase of our possessions is but an inlet to new disquietudes.

Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774)

The Good-Natured Man (Honey wood), Act I

1491. The brave
Die never. Being deathless, they but change
Their country’s arms, for more, their country’s heart.

Philip James Bailey (1816-1902)

Festus (Festus), V

1492. Man proposeth, God disposeth.

George Herbert (1593-1633)

Jacula Prudentum

1493. What though youth gave love and roses.
Age still leaves us friends and wine.

Thomas Moore (1779-1852)

Spring and Autumn

1494. The greatest attribute of heaven is mercy;
And ’tis the crown of justice, and the glory,
Where it may kill with right, to save with pity.

John Fletcher (1579-1625)

The Lover’s Progress (Lisander), Act III., Scene III.