Proverbial Wisdom

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

541. So many are
The sufferings which no human aid can reach,
It needs must be a duty doubly sweet
To heal the few we can.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834)

Zapolya, Pt II

542. In Folly’s cup still laughs the bubble, Joy.

Alexander Pope (1688-1744)

Essay on Man, Ep. II, line 288

543. If thou would’st be happy, learn to please.

Matthew Prior (1664-1721)

Solomon, Bk II, line 266

544. Grief best is pleas’d with grief’s society.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Rape of Lucrece, St. 159

545. Valour’s whetstone, anger,
Which sets an edge upon the sword, and makes it
Cut with a spirit.

Thomas Randolph (1605-1635)

The Muses’ Looking-Glass (Colax),
Act III, Scene III

546. Woe to the crown that doth the cowl obey!

William Wordsworth (1770-1850)

Ecclesiastical Sonnets, Pt I, XXIX