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. We have scotch’d the snake, not kill’d it.
William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
Macbeth (Macbeth), Act III, Scene II
2. A fool at forty is a fool indeed.
Edward Young (1683-1765)
Love of Fame, Sat. II, line 282
3. A halter made of silk’s a halter still.
Colley Cibber (1671-1757)
Love in a Riddle (Damon), Act II, Scene I
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