Proverbial Wisdom

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

607. One to-day is worth two to-morrows.

Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)

Poor Richard’s Almanac

608. Heaven forfend that vengeance e’er should strike,
Ere justice doomed the blow.

Robert Southey (1774-1843)

The Fall of Robespierre, Act II

609. Grief should be the instructor of the wise ;
Sorrow is knowledge: they who know the most
Must mourn the deepest o’er the fatal truth,
The Tree of Knowledge is not that of life.

George Gordon Byron (1788-1824)

Manfred, Act I, Scene I

610. Some falsehood mingles with all truth.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882)

The Golden Legend, IV

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

Nathaniel Cotton (1707-1788)

Visions in Verse, Slander

612. Love stoops, as fondly as he soars.

William Wordsworth (1770-1850)

Poems of the Fancy, XVIII.