Proverbial Wisdom

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

499. In vaine he seeketh others to suppresse,
Who hath not learnd himselfe first to subdue.

Edmund Spenser (1552-1599)

Faerie Queene, Bk VI, Can. I, St. 41

500. Grief still treads upon the heels of pleasure;
Married in haste, we may repent at leisure.

William Congreve (1670-1729)

The Old Bachelor (Sharper), Act V, Scene VIII

501. A good man should and must
Sit rather down with loss, than rise unjust.

Ben Jonson (1572-1637)

Sejanus (Sabinus), Act IV, Scene III

502. A friend should bear a friend’s infirmities.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Julius Caesar (Cassius), Act IV

503. Let not the sun go down upon your wrath.

The Bible

Ephesians 4:26

504. Princes and lords are but the breath of kings,
An honest man’s the noblest work of God.

Robert Burns (1759-1796)

The Cotter’s Saturday Night