Proverbial Wisdom

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

577. There smiles no Paradise on earth so fair
But guilt will raise avenging phantoms there.

Felicia Dorothea Hemans (1793-1835)

The Abencerrage, Can. 1

578. Many little leaks may sink a ship.

Thomas Fuller (1654-1734)

Holy and Profane States; Holy State: The Good Servant.

579. Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through.

Jonathan Swift (1667-1745)

Essay on the Faculties of the Mind

580. When the sunne shineth, make hay.

John Heywood (?1497-?1580)

Proverbs, Bk I, Chap. III

581. Damn with faint praise.

Alexander Pope (1688-1744)

Prologue to the Satires

582. Prevention is better than cure.

Old Proverb