Proverbial Wisdom

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

367. Good manners and soft words have brought many a difficult thing to pass.

Sir John Vanbrugh (1664-1726)

Aesop, Pt I (Aesop), Act IV, Scene II

368. Who lets slip fortune, her shall never find;
Occasion, once past by, is bald behind.

Abraham Cowley (1618-1667)

Pyramus and Thisbe, XV

369. It is too late to shutte the stable door when the steede is stolne.

John Lyly (?1553-1606)

Euphues, the Anatomy of Wit

370. Ah! better to love in the lowliest cot
Than pine in a palace, alone.

Whyte Melville (1821-1878)

Chastelar

371. Moderation is the silken string running through the pearl chain of all virtues.

Joseph Hall (1574-1656)

Christian Moderation. Introduction.

372. I have no spur,
To prick the sides of my intent, but only
Vaulting ambition, which o’erleaps itself,
And falls on the other.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Macbeth (Macbeth), Act I, Scene VII