Proverbial Wisdom

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

361. A little learning is a dang’rous thing;
Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring;
There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain,
And drinking largely sobers us again.

Alexander Pope (1688-1744)

Essay on Criticism, II, line 215

362. Valour’s whetstone, anger,
Which sets an edge upon the sword, and makes it
Cut with a spirit.

Thomas Randolph (1605-1635)

The Muses’ Looking-Glass (Colax),
Act III, Scene III

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

Joseph Addison (1672-1719)

The Tatler, No. 97

364. It is too late to shutte the stable door when the steede is stolne.

John Lyly (?1553-1606)

Euphues, the Anatomy of Wit

365. A man loveth more tenderlie
The thing that he hath bought most dere.

Geoffrey Chaucer (?1343-1400)

Romaunt of the Rose, line 2737

366. He only is a great man who can neglect the applause of the multitude, and enjoy himself independent of its favour.

Sir Richard Steele (1672-1729)

Spectator, No. 554