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. Virtue is like pretious odours, most fragrant where they are incensed or crushed; for Prosperity doth best discover vice; but Adversity doth best discover virtue.
Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626)
Essay V, Of Adversity
2. Beggars must not be choosers.
Colley Cibber (1671-1757)
The Provok’d Husband (Sir Francis), Act IV, Scene I
3. The best elixir is a friend.
William Somerville (1675-1742)
The Hip
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