Proverbial Wisdom

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.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Hamlet (Hamlet), Act I, Scene IV

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

Joseph Addison (1672-1719)

The Drummer (Vellum), Act V, Scene I

243. She lookt as butter would not melt in her mouth.

John Heywood (?1497-?1580)

Proverbs, Bk I, Ch X

244. Self-trust is the first secret of success.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)

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.

Sir Kenelm Digby (1603-1665)

The Broad Stone of Honour. Godefridus, XII

246. Wives are young men’s mistresses; companions for middle age; and old men’s nurses.

Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626)

Essay VIII, Of Marriage and Single Life