Proverbial Wisdom

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

43. Either sex alone
Is half itself and in true marriage lies
Nor equal, nor unequal.

Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809-1892)

The Princess, VII

44. Be England what she will,
With all her faults, she is my country still.

Charles Churchill (1732-1764)

The Farewell, line 27

45. It is a custom
More honoured in the breach than the observance.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Hamlet (Hamlet), Act I, Scene IV

46. You may know him by his company.

William Wycherley (1641-1716)

Love in a Wood (Sir Simon), Act I, Scene I

47. No furniture so charming as books, even if you never open them or read a single word.

Sydney Smith (1771-1845)

Memoirs, Chap IX

48. I have no spur,
To prick the sides of my intent, but only
Vaulting ambition, which o’erleaps itself,
And falls on the other.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Macbeth (Macbeth), Act I, Scene VII