Proverbial Wisdom

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

523. 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

524. How poor are they that have not patience!
What wound did ever heal but by degrees?

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Othello (Iago), Act II, Scene III

525. Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without merit, and lost without deserving.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Othello (Iago), Act II, Scene III

526. Gie me ae spark o’ Nature’s fire,
That’s a’ the learning I desire.

Robert Burns (1759-1796)

Epistle to L—k

527. Weak is that throne, and in itself unsound,
Which takes not solid virtue for its ground.

Charles Churchill (1732-1764)

Gotham, line 107

528. The clothing of our minds certainly ought to be regarded before that of our bodies.

Sir Richard Steele (1672-1729)

Spectator, No. 75.