Proverbial Wisdom

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

325. A custom
More honour’d in the breach than the observance.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Hamlet (Hamlet), Act I, Scene IV

326. Each woman is a brief of womankind.

Sir Thomas Overbury (1581-1613)

A Wife, line 1

327. Whatsoever a man soweth, that also shall he reap.

The Bible

Galatians 6:7

328. We must take our poets as we do our meals — as they are served up to us.

Augustine Birrell (1850-1933)

Obiter Dicta, Mr Browning’s Poetry

329. He that will have cake out of the wheat, must tarry the grinding.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Troilus and Cressida (Pandarus), Act I, Scene I

330. Maken vertue of necessite.

Geoffrey Chaucer (?1343-1400)

The Knight’s Tale, line 3044