Proverbial Wisdom

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

487. 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

488. Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.

Charles Caleb Colton (1780-1832)

Lacon: Many Things in Few Words, CCCCXXIV

489. ’Tis when the wound is stiffening with the cold,
The warrior first feels pain; ’tis when the heat
And fiery fever of the soul is past,
The sinner feels remorse.

Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832)

The Monastery, Chap. XXIII

490. Talking and eloquence are not the same; to speak, and to speak well, are two things.

Ben Jonson (1572-1637)

Discoveries

491. He only is a great man who can neglect the applause of the multitude, and enjoy himself independent of its favour.

Sir Richard Steele (1672-1729)

Spectator, No. 554

492. Count not your chickens before they be hatch’d.

Old Proverb