Proverbial Wisdom

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

463. 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

464. There’s daggers in men’s smiles.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Macbeth (Donalbain), Act II, Scene III

465. The law is blind, and speaks in general terms;
She cannot pity where occasion serves.

Thomas May (?1594-1650)

The Heir (Euphues), Act IV.

466. Least said is soonest mended.

Old Proverb

467. Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Julius Caesar (Caesar), Act II, Scene II

468. There lives more faith in honest doubt,
Believe me, than in half the creeds.

Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809-1892)

In Memoriam, XCVI