Proverbial Wisdom

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

301. There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
Omitted, all the voyage of their life
Is bound in shallows and in miseries.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Julius Caesar (Brutus), Act IV, Scene III

302. Make the doors upon a woman’s wit, and it will out at the casement; shut that and ’twill out at the key-hole; stop that, ’twill fly with the smoke out at the chimney.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

As You Like It (Rosalind), Act IV, Scene I

303. Better not do the deed than weep it done.

Matthew Prior (1664-1721)

Henry and Emma

304. Our charity begins at home,
And mostly ends where it begins.

Horace Smith (1779-1849)

Horace in London, Bk II, Ode XV

305. Virtue’s its own reward.

Sir John Vanbrugh (1664-1726)

The Provoked Wife (Lady Brute), Act I, Scene I

306. Few are qualified to shine in company, but it is in most men’s power to be agreeable.

Jonathan Swift (1667-1745)

Thoughts on Various Subjects