Proverbial Wisdom

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

37. She lookt as butter would not melt in her mouth.

John Heywood (?1497-?1580)

Proverbs, Bk I, Ch X

38. In the multitude of counsellors there is safety.

The Bible

Proverbs 11:14

39. Good is best when soonest wrought,
Linger’d labours come to nought.

Robert Southwell (?1561-1595)

Loss in Delay

40. Things past recovery
Are hardly cured with exclamations.

Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593)

The Jew of Malta (Barabbas), Act I, Scene II

41. Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,
Old time is still a flying:
And this same flower that smiles to-day
To-morrow will be dying.

Robert Herrick (1591-1674)

Hesperides, 208

42. The more haste the lesse speede.

John Heywood (?1497-?1580)

Proverbs, Bk I, Chap. II