Proverbial Wisdom
Express the idea behind each of these proverbs using different words as much as you can.
Express the idea behind each of these proverbs using different words as much as you can.
427. Riches can’t always purchase happiness.
The Wedding (Traveller)
428. It is too late to shutte the stable door when the steede is stolne.
Euphues, the Anatomy of Wit
429.
Unbidden guests
Are often welcomest when they are gone.
Henry VI, Pt I (Bedford), Act II, Scene II
430. Small things make base men proud.
Henry VI, Pt II (Suffolk), Act IV, Scene I
431. But the tongue can no man tame.
James 3:8
432. Wives are young men’s mistresses; companions for middle age; and old men’s nurses.
Essay VIII, Of Marriage and Single Life