Proverbial Wisdom

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

217. Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned,
Nor hell a fury like a woman scorned.

William Congreve (1670-1729)

The Mourning Bride (Zara), Act III, Scene VIII

218. Fast bind, fast find.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

The Merchant of Venice (Shylock), Act II, Scene V

219. Hard is the task of justice, where distress
Excites our mercy, yet demands redress.

Colley Cibber (1671-1757)

The Heroick Daughter (King), Act III, last lines

220. Half the failures in life arise from pulling in one’s horse as he is leaping.

Augustus John Cuthbert Hare (1834-1903)

Guesses at Truth

221. He pays the half who does confess the debt.

Robert Herrick (1591-1674)

Hesperides, 226

222. There smiles no Paradise on earth so fair
But guilt will raise avenging phantoms there.

Felicia Dorothea Hemans (1793-1835)

The Abencerrage, Can. 1