Proverbial Wisdom

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

265. Of all the paths lead to a woman’s love,
Pity’s the straightest.

Francis Beaumont (1584-1616) and John Fletcher (1579-1625)

The Knight of Malta (Mount Ferrat),
Act I, Scene I

266. None but the brave deserves the fair.

John Dryden (1631-1700)

Alexander’s Feast

267. We must be free or die, who speak the tongue
That Shakespeare spake; the faith and morals hold
Which Milton held.

William Wordsworth (1770-1850)

Poems to National Independence, Pt I, XVI

268. A custom
More honour’d in the breach than the observance.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Hamlet (Hamlet), Act I, Scene IV

269. Small things make base men proud.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Henry VI, Pt II (Suffolk), Act IV, Scene I

270. Philosophy is a good horse in the stable, but an errant jade on a journey.

Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774)

The Good-Natured Man (Jarvis), Act I