Proverbial Wisdom

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

427. Riches can’t always purchase happiness.

Robert Southey (1774-1843)

The Wedding (Traveller)

428. It is too late to shutte the stable door when the steede is stolne.

John Lyly (?1553-1606)

Euphues, the Anatomy of Wit

429. Unbidden guests
Are often welcomest when they are gone.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Henry VI, Pt I (Bedford), Act II, Scene II

430. Small things make base men proud.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Henry VI, Pt II (Suffolk), Act IV, Scene I

431. But the tongue can no man tame.

The Bible

James 3:8

432. Wives are young men’s mistresses; companions for middle age; and old men’s nurses.

Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626)

Essay VIII, Of Marriage and Single Life