Proverbial Wisdom

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

253. Let us not burden our remembrance with
An heaviness that’s gone.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

The Tempest (Prospero), Act V, Scene I

254. He that mounts him on the swiftest hope,
Shall often run his courser to a stand.

Colley Cibber (1671-1757)

Adaptation of Shakespeare’s Richard III (King Henry), Act I,
Scene I

255. Better be happie than wise.

John Heywood (?1497-?1580)

Proverbs, Bk II, Ch. VI

256. Defer not till to-morrow to be wise,
To-morrow’s sun to thee may never rise.

William Congreve (1670-1729)

Letter to Cobham

257. Who overcomes
By force, hath overcome but half his foe.

John Milton (1608-1674)

Paradise Lost, Bk I, line 648

258. Politeness costs nothing, and gains everything.

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689-1762)

Letters