Proverbial Wisdom

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

511. 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

512. Sir, hell is paved with good intentions.

Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)

As given by James Boswell, in his Life of Johnson

513. Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

The Tempest (Trinculo), Act II, Scene II

514. It is an ill winde turnes none to good.

Thomas Tusser (1524-1580)

Five Hundred Pointes of Good Husbandrie, No. 13

515. Men are never so good or so bad as their opinions.

Sir James Mackintosh (1765-1832)

Ethical Philosophy

516. All things that are,
Are with more spirit chased than enjoy’d.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Merchant of Venice (Gratiano), Act II, Scene VI