Proverbial Wisdom

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

487. Who will not mercie unto others show,
How can he mercie ever hope to have?

Edmund Spenser (1552-1599)

The Faerie Queene, Bk IV, Can. I, St. 42

488. You may know him by his company.

William Wycherley (1641-1716)

Love in a Wood (Sir Simon), Act I, Scene I

489. Help refused
Is hindrance sought and found.

Robert Browning (1812-1889)

Ferishtah’s Fancies, Two Camels

490. Progress is
The law of life, man is not man as yet.

Robert Browning (1812-1889)

Paracelsus, V

491. Necessity is the mother of invention.

Old Proverb

492. It is a custom
More honoured in the breach than the observance.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Hamlet (Hamlet), Act I, Scene IV