The sayings in this puzzle are taken randomly from a list of 750 proverbial sayings.
Note: Many of these proverbs and quotations are in archaic English, and neither grammar nor spelling has been modernised.
1. The best of men have ever loved repose.
James Thomson (1700-1748)
The Castle of Indolence, I, line 17
2. None are so fond of secrets as those who do not mean to keep them; such persons covet secrets as a spendthrift covets money, for the purpose of circulation.
Charles Caleb Colton (1780-1832)
Lacon, XL
3.
I will wear my heart upon my sleeve
For daws to peck at.
William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
Othello (Iago), Act I, Scene I
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