Proverbial Wisdom

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

541. He who wears his heart on his sleeve, will often have to lament that daws peck at it.

Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881)

Essay on Schiller

542. And those who live as models for the mass,
Are singly of more value than they all.

Robert Browning (1812-1889)

Luria (Tiburzio), Act V

543. Pleasures are like poppies spread,
You seize the flower, its bloom is shed.

Robert Burns (1759-1796)

Tam o’ Shanter

544. A willing heart adds feather to the heel,
And makes the clown a winged mercury.

Joanna Baillie (1762-1851)

De Montfort (Rezenvelt), Act III, Scene II

545. He who at fifty is a fool,
Is far too stubborn grown for school.

Nathaniel Cotton (1707-1788)

Visions in Verse, Slander

546. Health is the first good lent to men;
A gentle disposition then;
Next, to be rich by no by-ways;
Lastly, with friends t’ enjoy our days.

Robert Herrick (1591-1674)

Hesperides, 121