Proverbial Wisdom

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

409. No furniture so charming as books, even if you never open them or read a single word.

Sydney Smith (1771-1845)

Memoirs, Chap IX

410. He lives long that lives well.

Thomas Fuller (1654-1734)

Holy and Profane States. Holy State,
The Good Child

411. Grief still treads upon the heels of pleasure;
Married in haste, we may repent at leisure.

William Congreve (1670-1729)

The Old Bachelor (Sharper), Act V, Scene VIII

412. A fool at forty is a fool indeed.

Edward Young (1683-1765)

Love of Fame, Sat. II, line 282

413. How poor are they that have not patience!
What wound did ever heal but by degrees?

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Othello (Iago), Act II, Scene III

414. Industry is a loadstone to draw all good things.

Robert Burton (1577-1640)

Anatomy of Melancholy. Democritus to the Reader.