Proverbial Wisdom

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

559. His heart runs away with his head.

George Colman (1762-1836)

Who Wants a Guinea? (Heartly), Act I, Scene I

560. That in the captain’s but a cholerick word,
Which in the soldier is flat blasphemy.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

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

561. Take time by the forelock.

Old Proverb

562. Every one can master a grief, but he that has it.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Much Ado about Nothing (Benedick), Act III,
Scene II

563. 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

564. If money go before, all ways do lie open.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

The Merry Wives of Windsor (Ford), Act II,
Scene II