Proverbial Wisdom

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

175. A door without lock, is a bait for a knave.

Thomas Tusser (1524-1580)

The Points of Housewifery. After Supper Matters, 7

176. Opposition may become sweet to a man when he has christened it persecution.

George Eliot (1819-1880)

Scenes from Clerical Life. Janet’s Repentance

177. Those who believe a thing make others believe most.

Walter Savage Landor (1775-1864)

Imaginary Conversations, Peter Leopold and
President Du Patey

178. That in the captain’s but a cholerick word,
Which in the soldier is flat blasphemy.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Measure for Measure (Angelo), Act II, Scene III

179. The friends thou hast, and their adoption tried,
Grapple them to thy soul with hoops of steel;
But do not dull thy palm with entertainment
Of each new hatched, unfledged comrade.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Hamlet (Polonius), Act I, Scene III

180. How ill white hairs become a fool and jester.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Henry IV, Pt. II (King), Act V, Scene V