Proverbial Wisdom

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

517. Oft expectation fails, and most oft there
Where most it promises; and oft it hits,
Where hope is coldest, and despair most sits.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

All’s Well that Ends Well (Helena), Act II,
Scene I

518. Renunciation remains sorrow, though a sorrow borne willingly.

George Eliot (1819-1880)

The Mill on the Floss, Bk IV, Ch. III

519. Loathsome canker lies in sweetest bud.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Sonnet, XXXV.

520. The strawberry grows underneath the nettle,
And wholesome berries thrive and ripen best
Neighbour’d by fruit of baser quality.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Henry V (Bishop of Ely), Act I, Scene I

521. Enough is as good as a feast.

Isaac Bickerstaff (1733-?1812)

Love in a Village (Hawthorne sings), Act III,
Scene I

522. It is the bright day, that brings forth the adder;
And that craves wary walking.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Julius Caesar (Brutus), Act II, Scene I