Proverbial Wisdom

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

511. There is nothing more requisite in business than dispatch.

Joseph Addison (1672-1719)

The Drummer (Vellum), Act V, Scene I

512. Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Timon of Athens (First Senator), Act III, Scene V

513. None but the brave deserves the fair.

John Dryden (1631-1700)

Alexander’s Feast

514. Were beauty under twenty locks kept fast,
Yet love breaks through, and picks them all at last.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Venus and Adonis, 96

515. How ill white hairs become a fool and jester.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Henry IV, Pt. II (King), Act V, Scene V

516. What strong mysterious links enchain the heart,
To regions where the morn of life was spent.

James Grahame (1765-1811)

The Sabbath, line 404