Proverbial Wisdom

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

469. Evermore thanks, the exchequer of the poor.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Richard II (Bolingbroke), Act II, Sc. III

470. Loathsome canker lies in sweetest bud.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Sonnet, XXXV.

471. Pleasures are like poppies spread,
You seize the flower, its bloom is shed.

Robert Burns (1759-1796)

Tam o’ Shanter

472. A thing of beauty is a joy for ever.

John Keats (1795-1821)

Endymion, line 1

473. Unbidden guests
Are often welcomest when they are gone.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Henry VI, Pt I (Bedford), Act II, Scene II

474. 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