Proverbial Wisdom

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

1351. Old friends are best.

John Selden (1584-1654)

Table Talk. Friends

1352. There is nothing truly valuable which can be purchased without pains and labour.

Joseph Addison (1672-1719)

The Tatler, No. 97

1353. It is more blessed to give than to receive.

The Bible

Acts 20:35

1354. You must practise
The manners of the time, if you intend
To have favour from it.

Philip Massinger (1583-1640)

The Unnatural Combat (Montreville), Act I, Scene I

1355. Wearing all that weight
Of learning lightly like a flower.

Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809-1892)

In Memoriam, CXXXI

1356. Great men do not play stage tricks with the doctrines of life and death: only little men do that.

John Ruskin (1819-1900)

Sesame and Lilies, Lecture I, 20