Proverbial Wisdom

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

139. He pays the half who does confess the debt.

Robert Herrick (1591-1674)

Hesperides, 226

140. 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

141. Weariness
Can snore upon the flint, when resty sloth
Finds the down pillow hard.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Cymbeline (Belarius), Act III, Scene VI

142. Whatsoever a man soweth, that also shall he reap.

The Bible

Galatians 6:7

143. At lover’s perjuries,
They say, Jove laughs.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Romeo and Juliet (Juliet), Act II, Scene II

144. A brother’s sufferings claim a brother’s pity.

Joseph Addison (1672-1719)

Cato (Marcus), Act I, Scene I