Proverbial Wisdom

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

379. Least said is soonest mended.

Old Proverb

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

Abraham Cowley (1618-1667)

Pyramus and Thisbe, XV

381. He’s half absolv’d who has confessed.

Matthew Prior (1664-1721)

Alma, Can. II, line 22

382. Moderate lamentation is the right of the dead,
Excessive grief the enemy to the living.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

All’s Well that Ends Well (Lafeu), Act I, Scene I

383. Sweet tastes have sour closes;
And he repents on thorns that sleeps in beds of roses.

Francis Quarles (1592-1644)

Emblems, Bk I, No. 7

384. Not to put too fine a point upon it.

Charles Dickens (1812-1870)

Bleak House (Mr Snagsby), Chap. XI