Proverbial Wisdom

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

517. One cannot eat one’s cake and have it too.

Isaac Bickerstaff (1733-?1812)

Thomas and Sally

518. More haste than good speed makes many fare the worse.

Anonymous (1569-1570)

The Marriage of Wit and Science (Wit), Act IV, Sc. I

519. Beggars must not be choosers.

Colley Cibber (1671-1757)

The Provok’d Husband (Sir Francis), Act IV, Scene I

520. Your evidence was lame:— proceed:
Come, help your lame dog o’er the stile.

Jonathan Swift (1667-1745)

Poems, Upon the Horrid Plot etc. (Whig and Tory)

521. Old friends are best.

John Selden (1584-1654)

Table Talk. Friends

522. Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through.

Jonathan Swift (1667-1745)

Essay on the Faculties of the Mind