Proverbial Wisdom

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

175. Our charity begins at home,
And mostly ends where it begins.

Horace Smith (1779-1849)

Horace in London, Bk II, Ode XV

176. Repentance is a pitiful scoundrel, that never brought back a single yesterday.

Thomas Holcroft (1745-1809)

The Road to Ruin (Harry Dornton), Act II,
Scene II

177. Weak is that throne, and in itself unsound,
Which takes not solid virtue for its ground.

Charles Churchill (1732-1764)

Gotham, line 107

178. Riches can’t always purchase happiness.

Robert Southey (1774-1843)

The Wedding (Traveller)

179. He that will have cake out of the wheat, must tarry the grinding.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Troilus and Cressida (Pandarus), Act I, Scene I

180. ’Tis when the wound is stiffening with the cold,
The warrior first feels pain; ’tis when the heat
And fiery fever of the soul is past,
The sinner feels remorse.

Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832)

The Monastery, Chap. XXIII