Proverbial Wisdom

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

487. War is honourable
In those who do their native rights maintain;
In those whose swords an iron barrier are
Between the lawless spoiler and the weak.

Joanna Baillie (1762-1851)

Ethwuld (Hereulf), Act I, Scene III

488. The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly, is to fill the world with fools.

Herbert Spencer (1820-1903)

Essays, State Tamperings with Money and Banks

489. He who wears his heart on his sleeve, will often have to lament that daws peck at it.

Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881)

Essay on Schiller

490. Things past recovery
Are hardly cured with exclamations.

Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593)

The Jew of Malta (Barabbas), Act I, Scene II

491. It costs more to revenge injuries than to bear them.

Bishop Thomas Wilson (1663-1755)

Maxims, 303.

492. Every difficulty yields to the enterprising.

Joseph George Holman (1764-1817)

The Votary of Wealth (Leonard), Act IV., Scene I.