Proverbial Wisdom

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

373. If money go before, all ways do lie open.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

The Merry Wives of Windsor (Ford), Act II,
Scene II

374. The best elixir is a friend.

William Somerville (1675-1742)

The Hip

375. Riches can’t always purchase happiness.

Robert Southey (1774-1843)

The Wedding (Traveller)

376. What reason weaves, by Passion is undone.

Alexander Pope (1688-1744)

Essay on Man, Ep. II, line 42

377. No crime’s so great as daring to excel.

Charles Churchill (1732-1764)

Epistle to Hogarth, line 52

378. Something attempted, something done,
Has earned a night’s repose.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882)

The Village Blacksmith