Proverbial Wisdom

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

487. Posterity, that high court of appeal which is never tired of eulogising its own justice and discernment.

Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800-1859)

Essay on Machiavelli

488. Least said is soonest mended.

Old Proverb

489. It is seldom that the miserable can help regarding their misery as a wrong inflicted by those who are less miserable.

George Eliot (1819-1880)

Silas Marner, Ch. XII

490. He who has the truth at his heart need never fear the want of persuasion on his tongue.

John Ruskin (1819-1900)

The Stones of Venice, Infidelitas, §99.

491. Hard is the task of justice, where distress
Excites our mercy, yet demands redress.

Colley Cibber (1671-1757)

The Heroick Daughter (King), Act III, last lines

492. When fails our dearest friend,
There may be refuge with our direst foe.

James Sheridan Knowles (1784-1862)

The Wife (Mariana), Act V, Scene II