Proverbial Wisdom

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

271. All is not gold that glisters.

John Heywood (?1497-?1580)

Proverbs, Bk I, Chap. X

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

Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809-1892)

In Memoriam, CXXXI

273. Better, tho’ difficult, the right way to go,
Than wrong, tho’ easy, where the end is wo.

John Bunyan (1628-1688)

Pilgrim’s Progress

274. Friendship is seldom lasting, but between equals, or where the superiority on one side is reduced by some equivalent advantage on the other.

Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)

The Rambler, No. 64

275. The burnt child dreads the fire.

Ben Jonson (1572-1637)

The Devil is an Ass (Fitzdottrell), Act I,
Scene II

276. Repentance is a pitiful scoundrel, that never brought back a single yesterday.

Thomas Holcroft (1745-1809)

The Road to Ruin (Harry Dornton), Act II,
Scene II