Proverbial Wisdom

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

397. A halter made of silk’s a halter still.

Colley Cibber (1671-1757)

Love in a Riddle (Damon), Act II, Scene I

398. Remembrance oft may start a tear.

Robert Burns (1759-1796)

Verses written under Violent Grief

399. He that falls into sin is a man; that grieves at it is a saint; that boasteth of it is a devil.

Thomas Fuller (1654-1734)

Holy and Profane States. Holy State, of Self-Praising

400. The eye is traitor to the heart.

Sir Thomas Wyatt (1503-1542)

That the Eye bewrayeth, etc..

401. The man who does all he can, in a low station, is more a hero than he who omits any worthy action he is able to accomplish in a great one.

Sir Richard Steele (1672-1729)

Spectator, No. 248

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

John Pomfret (1667-1702)

Love Triumphant over Reason, line 88