Proverbial Wisdom

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

157. He that, to his prejudice, will do
A noble action and a gen’rous too,
Deserves to wear a more resplendent crown
Than he that hath a thousand battles won.

John Pomfret (1667-1702)

Cruelty and Lust, line 399

158. Love is like linnen, often chang’d, the sweeter.

Phineas Fletcher (1582-1650)

Sicelides (Cosma), Act III., Scene V.

159. My advice is, never do to-morrow what you can do today. Procrastination is the thief of time.

Charles Dickens (1812-1870)

David Copperfield (Mr Micawber), Ch. XII

160. Man seeks his own good at the whole world’s cost.

Robert Browning (1812-1889)

Luria (Braccio), Act I.

161. Oh! what a crowded world one moment may contain!

Felicia Dorothea Hemans (1793-1835)

The Last Constantine, LIX

162. What strong mysterious links enchain the heart,
To regions where the morn of life was spent.

James Grahame (1765-1811)

The Sabbath, line 404