Proverbial Wisdom

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

235. Sir, hell is paved with good intentions.

Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)

As given by James Boswell, in his Life of Johnson

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

Joseph Addison (1672-1719)

The Drummer (Vellum), Act V, Scene I

237. There’s daggers in men’s smiles.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Macbeth (Donalbain), Act II, Scene III

238. Damn with faint praise.

Alexander Pope (1688-1744)

Prologue to the Satires

239. O wad some pow’r the giftie gie us
To see ourselves as others see us!
It wad frae monie a blunder free us,
An’ foolish notion:
What airs in dress an’ gait wad lea’e us,
And ev’n devotion.

Robert Burns (1759-1796)

To a Louse

240. They only have lived long, who have lived virtuously.

Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816)

Pizarro (Alonzo), Act IV, Scene I