Proverbial Wisdom

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

229. He that mounts him on the swiftest hope,
Shall often run his courser to a stand.

Colley Cibber (1671-1757)

Adaptation of Shakespeare’s Richard III (King Henry), Act I,
Scene I

230. Get place and wealth, if possible with grace;
If not, by any means get wealth and place.

Alexander Pope (1688-1744)

Imitations of Horace, Bk I, Ep. I

231. Necessity never made a good bargain.

Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)

Poor Richard’s Almanac

232. Better not do the deed than weep it done.

Matthew Prior (1664-1721)

Henry and Emma

233. What’s one man’s poison, signor,
Is another’s meat or drink.

John Fletcher (1579-1625)

Love’s Cure (Piorato), Act III, Scene II

234. Fashion too often makes a monstrous noise,
Bids us, a fickle jade, like fools adore
The poorest trash, the meanest toys.

Peter Pindar (1738-1819)

Odes to the Royal Academicians, XI