Proverbial Wisdom

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

13. The man that lays his hand upon a woman,
Save in the way of kindness, is a wretch
Whom ’t were gross flattery to name a coward.

John Tobin (1770-1804)

The Honeymoon, Act II, Scene I

14. Ambition can creep as well as soar.

Edmund Burke (1730-1797)

Letters on the Regicide Peace, III, 1797

15. Fore-warn’d, fore-arm’d.

Joseph Addison (1672-1719)

The Drummer (Abigail), Act IV, Scene I

16. Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves.

Lord Chesterfield (1694-1773)

Letter to his Son. 6th Nov., 1747

17. For all our works a recompence is sure: ’Tis sweet to think on what was hard t’ endure.

Robert Herrick (1591-1674)

Hesperides, 851

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

Felicia Dorothea Hemans (1793-1835)

The Abencerrage, Can. 1