Proverbial Wisdom

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

31. Never gallop Pegasus to death.

Alexander Pope (1688-1744)

To Bolingbroke, Bk I, Ep. I, 14

32. Life has no path so short as to renown !

Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton (1803-1873)

King Arthur, Bk XII, CLXI

33. What cannot be cured must be endured.

Old Proverb

34. It’s gude to be merry and wise,
It’s gude to be honest and true,
It’s good to be off wi’ the old love
Before ye be on wi’ the new.

Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832)

The Bride of Lammermoor, Ch. XXIX.
Misquoting an old Scottish song.

35. When th’ iron is hot, strike.

John Heywood (?1497-?1580)

Proverbs, Bk I, Chap. III

36. To observations which ourselves we make,
We grow more partial for the observer’s sake.

Alexander Pope (1688-1744)

Moral Essays, Ep. I, line 11