Proverbial Wisdom

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

193. Maken vertue of necessite.

Geoffrey Chaucer (?1343-1400)

The Knight’s Tale, line 3044

194. Innocence is as an armed heel
To trample accusation.

Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822)

The Cenci (Beatrice), Act IV, Scene IV

195. A friend should bear a friend’s infirmities.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Julius Caesar (Cassius), Act IV

196. Good manners and soft words have brought many a difficult thing to pass.

Sir John Vanbrugh (1664-1726)

Aesop, Pt I (Aesop), Act IV, Scene II

197. These are the English arts, these we profess,
To be the same in misery and success;
To teach oppressors laws, assist the good,
Relieve the wretched, and subdue the proud.

Charles Montagu, Earl of Halifax (1661-1715)

The Man of Honour

198. He’s half absolv’d who has confessed.

Matthew Prior (1664-1721)

Alma, Can. II, line 22