Proverbial Wisdom

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

343. 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

344. Hard is the task of justice, where distress
Excites our mercy, yet demands redress.

Colley Cibber (1671-1757)

The Heroick Daughter (King), Act III, last lines

345. At lover’s perjuries,
They say, Jove laughs.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Romeo and Juliet (Juliet), Act II, Scene II

346. Women’s weapons, water-drops.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

King Lear (Lear), Act II, Scene IV

347. To judge wisely I suppose we must know how things appear to the unwise.

George Eliot (1819-1880)

Daniel Deronda, Bk IV, Chap. XXIX

348. Nothing wins a man sooner than a good turn.

Robert Burton (1577-1640)

Anatomy of Melancholy, Part III, Sect I,
Mem. II, Subs. I