Proverbial Wisdom

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

193. Lydia, you ought to know that lying don’t become a young woman!

Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816)

The Rivals (Mrs Malaprop), Act III., Scene III.

194. Them as ha’ never had a cushion don’t miss it.

George Eliot (1819-1880)

Adam Bede (Mrs Poyser), Bk VI Chap. XLIX

195. Were beauty under twenty locks kept fast,
Yet love breaks through, and picks them all at last.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Venus and Adonis, 96

196. God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.

Lawrence Sterne (1713-1768)

Sentimental Journey

197. The cord breaketh at the last by the weakest pull.

Old Spanish Proverb

Quoted by Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626).
Essay XV, Of Seditions and Troubles

198. None think the great unhappy but the great.

Edward Young (1683-1765)

Love of Fame, Sat. I