Proverbial Wisdom

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

577. The colt that’s back’d and burden’d being young, Loseth his pride, and never waxeth strong.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Venus and Adonis, St. 70

578. Better, tho’ difficult, the right way to go,
Than wrong, tho’ easy, where the end is wo.

John Bunyan (1628-1688)

Pilgrim’s Progress

579. Marriage may often be a stormy lake, but celibacy is almost always a muddy horsepond.

Thomas Love Peacock (?1785-1866)

Melincourt (Sir T. Paxarett), Ch. VII

580. Birds of a feather will gather together.

Old Proverb

581. Him who ne’er listened to the voice of praise
The silence of neglect can ne’er appal.

James Beattie (1768-1790)

The Minstrel Bk I, St. 2

582. A burthen’d conscience
Will never need a hangman.

Francis Beaumont (1584-1616) and John Fletcher (1579-1625)

Laws of Candy (Cassilane), Act V, Scene I