Proverbial Wisdom

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

271. The fox barks not, when he would steal the lamb.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Henry VI, Pt II (Suffolk), Act III, Scene I

272. ’Tis hard for kings to steer an equal course,
And they who banish one oft gain a worse.

John Dryden (1631-1700)

Tarquin and Tullia

273. It is an ill winde turnes none to good.

Thomas Tusser (1524-1580)

Five Hundred Pointes of Good Husbandrie, No. 13

274. Equality is no rule in Love’s grammar.

John Fletcher (1579-1625) and William Rowley (?1585-1626)

The Maid in the Mill (Antonio), Act II, Scene II

275. Renunciation remains sorrow, though a sorrow borne willingly.

George Eliot (1819-1880)

The Mill on the Floss, Bk IV, Ch. III

276. There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
Omitted, all the voyage of their life
Is bound in shallows and in miseries.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Julius Caesar (Brutus), Act IV, Scene III