Proverbial Wisdom

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

439. Let Hercules himself do what he may,
The cat will mew, and dog will have his day.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Hamlet (Hamlet), Act V, Scene I

440. If reasons were as plenty as blackberries,
I would give no man a reason upon compulsion.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Henry IV, Pt I (Falstaff), Act II, Scene IV

441. No crime’s so great as daring to excel.

Charles Churchill (1732-1764)

Epistle to Hogarth, line 52

442. Friendship is seldom lasting, but between equals, or where the superiority on one side is reduced by some equivalent advantage on the other.

Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)

The Rambler, No. 64

443. Lernyng wythout vertue ys pernycyouse and pestylent.

Thomas Starkey (?1495-1538)

England in the Reign of Henry VIII, Bk II, Ch. III

444. Vice is a monster of so frightful mien,
As, to be hated, needs but to be seen;
Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face.
We first endure, then pity, then embrace.

Alexander Pope (1688-1744)

Essay on Man