Proverbial Wisdom

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

349. Faint is the bliss, that never past thro’ pain.

Colley Cibber (1671-1757)

Love in a Riddle (Iphis), Act III, Scene II

350. He’s half absolv’d who has confessed.

Matthew Prior (1664-1721)

Alma, Can. II, line 22

351. His heart runs away with his head.

George Colman (1762-1836)

Who Wants a Guinea? (Heartly), Act I, Scene I

352. Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Henry IV, Pt II (King Henry), Act III, Scene I

353. It is nat gode a sleping hounde to wake.

Geoffrey Chaucer (?1343-1400)

Troilus and Cresseide, Book III, line 764

354. Ah! better to love in the lowliest cot
Than pine in a palace, alone.

Whyte Melville (1821-1878)

Chastelar