Proverbial Wisdom

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

691. Laws are vain, by which we right enjoy,
If kings unquestioned can those laws destroy.

John Dryden (1631-1700)

Absalom and Achitophel, Pt I, line 763

692. Woe to the crown that doth the cowl obey!

William Wordsworth (1770-1850)

Ecclesiastical Sonnets, Pt I, XXIX

693. When fails our dearest friend,
There may be refuge with our direst foe.

James Sheridan Knowles (1784-1862)

The Wife (Mariana), Act V, Scene II

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

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

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

695. True friendship’s laws are by this rule expressed,
Welcome the coming, speed the parting guest.

Alexander Pope (1688-1744)

Homer’s Odyssey, Bk XV, line 83

696. One ear it heard, at the other out it went.

Geoffrey Chaucer (?1343-1400)

Troilus and Cresscide, Bk IV, line 435