Proverbial Wisdom

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

139. When sorrows come, they come not single spies,
But in battalions!

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Hamlet (King), Act IV, Scene V

140. 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

141. Wounds are ill cured with a good intent.

Samuel Butler (1613-1680)

Cat and Puss, line 108

142. To be, or not to be, — that is the question —
Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,
And by opposing end them?

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Hamlet (Hamlet), Act III, Scene I

143. All who joy would win
Must share it, — Happiness was born a twin.

George Gordon Byron (1788-1824)

Don Juan, Can. II, St. 172

144. My salad days,
When I was green in judgment.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Antony and Cleopatra (Cleopatra), Act I, Scene V