Proverbial Wisdom

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

115. The more haste the lesse speede.

John Heywood (?1497-?1580)

Proverbs, Bk I, Chap. II

116. Your evidence was lame:— proceed:
Come, help your lame dog o’er the stile.

Jonathan Swift (1667-1745)

Poems, Upon the Horrid Plot etc. (Whig and Tory)

117. Pride,
Howe’er disguised in its own majesty,
Is littleness.

William Wordsworth (1770-1850)

Poems Written in Youth, VII

118. Nature and Nature’s laws lay hid in night:
God said, ‘Let Newton be!’ and all was light.

Alexander Pope (1688-1744)

Epitaph intended for Sir Isaac Newton

119. Friendship’s like musick; two strings tun’d alike,
Will both stirre; though only one you strike.

Francis Quarles (1592-1644)

Job Militant, Sec 7, Med. 7

120. Dull is the jester when the joke’s unkind.

Edward Young (1683-1765)

Love of Fame, Sat. II, line 124