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.
How happy could I be with either,
Were t’ other dear charmer away!
John Gay (1685-1732)
The Beggars’ Opera (Mac heath sings), Act II,
Scene II
2. Maken vertue of necessite.
Geoffrey Chaucer (?1343-1400)
The Knight’s Tale, line 3044
3. Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.
The Bible
Proverbs 15:17
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