Proverbial Wisdom

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

193. Look ere ye leape.

John Heywood (?1497-?1580)

Proverbs, Bk. I., Ch. II.

194. The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly, is to fill the world with fools.

Herbert Spencer (1820-1903)

Essays, State Tamperings with Money and Banks

195. It is the bright day, that brings forth the adder;
And that craves wary walking.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Julius Caesar (Brutus), Act II, Scene I

196. Philosophy will clip an Angel’s wings,
Conquer all mysteries by rule and line,
Empty the haunted air, the gnomèd mine —
Unweave a rainbow.

John Keats (1795-1821)

Lamia, II

197. A burthen’d conscience
Will never need a hangman.

Francis Beaumont (1584-1616) and John Fletcher (1579-1625)

Laws of Candy (Cassilane), Act V, Scene I

198. Treason doth never prosper; what’s the reason?
For if it prosper, none dare call it treason.

Sir James Harrington (1430-1485)

Epigrams