Proverbial Wisdom

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

115. Either sex alone
Is half itself and in true marriage lies
Nor equal, nor unequal.

Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809-1892)

The Princess, VII

116. Pride goeth before destruction,
And an haughty spirit before a fall.

The Bible

Proverbs 16:18

117. The brain may devise laws for the blood; but a hot temper leaps o’er a cold decree!

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

The Merchant of Venice (Portia), Act I, Scene II

118. There’s no wound deeper than a pen can give,
It makes men living dead, and dead men live.

John Taylor (1578-1653)

A Kicksey-Winsey, Pt 7

119. Something attempted, something done,
Has earned a night’s repose.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882)

The Village Blacksmith

120. How ill white hairs become a fool and jester.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Henry IV, Pt. II (King), Act V, Scene V