Proverbial Wisdom

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

79. Visible governments are the toys of some nations, the diseases of others, the harness of some, the burdens of more.

John Ruskin (1819-1900)

Sesame and Lilies, Lecture I, 42

80. Property has its duties as well as its rights.

Constantine Henry Phipps, 1st Marquess of Normanby (1797-1863)

Letter. When Viceroy of Ireland.

81. Beware
Of entrance to a quarrel; but being in,
Bear’t that the opposed may beware of thee.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Hamlet (Polonius), Act I, Scene III

82. Need hath no law.

William Langland (?1332-?1386)

Piers the Plowman, Passus XXIII, line 10

83. What custom hath endear’d
We part with sadly, though we prize it not.

Joanna Baillie (1762-1851)

Basil (Rosmberg), Act I, Scene II

84. 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