Proverbial Wisdom

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

517. Ill news hath wings, and with the wind doth go;
Comfort’s a cripple, and comes ever slow.

Michael Drayton (15631631)

The Baron’s Wars, Bk II, XXVIII

518. He only judges right who weighs, compares,
And, in the sternest sentence which his voice
Pronounces, ne’er abandons charity.

William Wordsworth (1770-1850)

Ecclesiastical Sonnets, Pt. II, I

519. The love of money is the root of all evil.

The Bible

1 Timothy 6:10

520. Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.

Sir Richard Steele (1672-1729)

The Tatler, No. 147

521. Who hears music, feels his solitude
Peopled at once.

Robert Browning (1812-1889)

Balaustion’s Adventure

522. ’Tis hard for kings to steer an equal course,
And they who banish one oft gain a worse.

John Dryden (1631-1700)

Tarquin and Tullia