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.
You must practise
The manners of the time, if you intend
To have favour from it.
Philip Massinger (1583-1640)
The Unnatural Combat (Montreville), Act I, Scene I
2. There is nothing truly valuable which can be purchased without pains and labour.
Joseph Addison (1672-1719)
The Tatler, No. 97
3. He’s best at ease that meddleth least.
Anonymous (?1590)
Fair Em, the Miller’s Daughter of Manchester, (Manville),
Act III, Scene XVII, line 1383
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