Proverbial Wisdom

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

613. Follow pleasure, and then will pleasure flee;
Flee pleasure, and pleasure will follow thee.

John Heywood (?1497-?1580)

Proverbs, Bk I, Ch. XL

614. Man proposeth, God disposeth.

George Herbert (1593-1633)

Jacula Prudentum

615. Love’s tongue is in the eyes.

Phineas Fletcher (1582-1650)

Piscatorie Eclogues, V, St. 13

616. Speak not in the hearing of a fool;
For he will despise the wisdom of thy words.

The Bible

Proverbs 23:9

617. A thing of beauty is a joy for ever.

John Keats (1795-1821)

Endymion, line 1

618. What female heart can gold despise?
What cat’s averse to fish?

Thomas Gray (1716-1771)

Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat