Proverbial Wisdom
Express the idea behind each of these proverbs using different words as much as you can.
Express the idea behind each of these proverbs using different words as much as you can.
241.
A custom
More honour’d in the breach than the observance.
Hamlet (Hamlet), Act I, Scene IV
242. There is nothing more requisite in business than dispatch.
The Drummer (Vellum), Act V, Scene I
243. She lookt as butter would not melt in her mouth.
Proverbs, Bk I, Ch X
244. Self-trust is the first secret of success.
Success
245. Poison itself is a remedy in some diseases, and there is nothing so evil but what may be converted to purposes of good.
The Broad Stone of Honour. Godefridus, XII
246. Wives are young men’s mistresses; companions for middle age; and old men’s nurses.
Essay VIII, Of Marriage and Single Life