Answer
"Look before you leap." means you shouldn't act without first considering the possible consequences or dangers. "You can't teach an old dog new tricks" means that it is challenging to teach a person something new things. Most likely that person has been doing things a certain way for so long that they're too stubborn to learn how to do it differently.
Explanation:
Incomplete question. However, I assumed you are referring to the article <em>"An Inspector Calls and J B Priestley’s political journey" </em>by Alison Cullingford.
<u>Explanation:</u>
In that article the five words that Cullingford uses to describe the ‘golden age' were:
- freedom,
- plenty,
- hospitality,
- conviviality,
- generosity.
He uses such words in other to highlight the contrasts between past experiences and the present one in which Bradford found himself.