Proverbial Wisdom

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

523. A heavy purse makes a light heart

Ben Jonson (1572-1637)

The New Inn (Host), Act I, Scene I

524. Dearer is love than life, and fame than gold;
But dearer than them both your faith once plighted hold.

Edmund Spenser (1552-1599)

Faerie Queene, Bk V, Can. XI, St. 63

525. We must not make a scarecrow of the law,
Setting it up to fear the birds of prey,
And let it keep one shape, till custom make it
Their perch, and not their terror.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Measure for Measure (Angelo), Act II, Scene I

526. What is a law, if those who make it
Become the forwardest to break it?

James Beattie (1768-1790)

The Wolf and the Shepherds

527. Let thy foot be seldom in thy neighbour’s house; lest he be weary of thee and hate thee.

The Bible

Proverbs 25:17

528. Loathsome canker lies in sweetest bud.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Sonnet, XXXV.