Proverbial Wisdom

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

277. Oft expectation fails, and most oft there
Where most it promises; and oft it hits,
Where hope is coldest, and despair most sits.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

All’s Well that Ends Well (Helena), Act II,
Scene I

278. What cannot be cured must be endured.

Old Proverb

279. One may smile, and smile, and be a villain.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Hamlet (Hamlet), Act I, Scene V

280. A friend ought to shun no pain, to stand his friend in stead.

Richard Edwards (1525-1556)

Damon and Pithias (Carisophus)

281. From shaven chins never came better justice
Than those ne’er touched by razor.

Thomas Middleton (1580-1627)

The Old Law (Eugenia), Act V, Scene I

282. God’s mills grind slow, but sure.

George Herbert (1593-1633)

Jacula Prudentum