Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read.
Francis BaconWhen a man laughs at his troubles he loses a great many friends. They never forgive the loss of their prerogative.
Francis BaconAsk counsel of both timesof the ancient time what is best, and of the latter time what is fittest.
Francis BaconWe see then how far the monuments of wit and learning are more durable than the monuments of power, or of the hands. For have not the verses of Homer continued twenty-five hundred years or more, without the loss of a syllable or letter; during which time infinite palaces, temples, castles, cities have been decayed and demolished?
Francis Bacon