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.
Man is a creature of a wilful head,
And hardly driven is, but eas’ly led.
Samuel Daniel (1562-1619)
The Queen’s Arcadia (Ergastus), Act IV, Scene V
2.
He that needs five thousand pounds to live
Is full as poor as he that needs but five.
George Herbert (1593-1633)
The Temple. The Church Porch
3. God sends us meat, the devil sends us cooks.
Old Proverb
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