Proverbial Wisdom

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

25. Best things carry’d to excess are wrong.

Charles Churchill (1732-1764)

The Rosciad, line 1039

26. They stumble, that run fast.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Romeo and Juliet (Friar Laurence), Act II,
Scene III

27. A man loveth more tenderlie
The thing that he hath bought most dere.

Geoffrey Chaucer (?1343-1400)

Romaunt of the Rose, line 2737

28. Let us not burden our remembrance with
An heaviness that’s gone.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

The Tempest (Prospero), Act V, Scene I

29. Bold knaves thrive, without one grain of sense.
But good men starve for want of impudence.

John Dryden (1631-1700)

Epilogue XII, To “Constantine the Great”

30. Fore-warn’d, fore-arm’d.

Joseph Addison (1672-1719)

The Drummer (Abigail), Act IV, Scene I