Proverbial Wisdom

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

547. Handsome is as handsome does.

Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774)

The Vicar of Wakefield, Ch. I

548. Necessity is the mother of invention.

Old Proverb

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

Robert Southwell (?1561-1595)

Loss in Delay

550. New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason, but because they are not already common.

John Locke (1632-1704)

Essay on the Human Understanding,
Dedicatory Epistle

551. Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule the law.

Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774)

The Traveller, line 386

552. What’s gone, and what’s past help,
Should be past grief.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

A Winter’s Tale (Paulina), Act III, Scene II