Proverbial Wisdom

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

397. Lydia, you ought to know that lying don’t become a young woman!

Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816)

The Rivals (Mrs Malaprop), Act III., Scene III.

398. There’s no erring twice in love and war.

John Pomfret (1667-1702)

Love Triumphant over Reason, line 88

399. Oppression, that sharp two-edged sword,
That others wounds, and wounds likewise his Lord.

Samuel Daniel (1562-1619)

Civil War, Bk VI, XIV

400. If trod upon, a worm
Will turn again.

Thomas Middleton (1580-1627) and William Rowley (?1585-1626)

The Spanish Gipsy (Constanza), Act V, Scene I

401. When the people have no other tyrant, their own public opinion becomes one.

Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton (1803-1873)

Ernest Maltravers, Bk VI, Chap. V

402. Health is the first good lent to men;
A gentle disposition then;
Next, to be rich by no by-ways;
Lastly, with friends t’ enjoy our days.

Robert Herrick (1591-1674)

Hesperides, 121