Proverbial Wisdom

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

181. The eye is traitor to the heart.

Sir Thomas Wyatt (1503-1542)

That the Eye bewrayeth, etc..

182. Oppression, that sharp two-edged sword,
That others wounds, and wounds likewise his Lord.

Samuel Daniel (1562-1619)

Civil War, Bk VI, XIV

183. Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.

The Bible

Proverbs 15:17

184. Ignorance is a blank sheet on which we may write; but error is a scribbled one on which we must first erase.

Charles Caleb Colton (1780-1832)

Lacon, I

185. True friendship’s laws are by this rule expressed,
Welcome the coming, speed the parting guest.

Alexander Pope (1688-1744)

Homer’s Odyssey, Bk XV, line 83

186. Generous commerce binds
The round of nations in a golden chain.

James Thomson (1700-1748)

Seasons, Summer, line 138