"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.

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A man dies as often as he loses his friends.
More Francis Bacon quotes
"Friends are thieves of time.
"Friendship increases in visiting friends, but in visiting them seldom.
"A man dies as often as he loses his friends.
"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.
"Friends are thieves of time.
"Friendship increases in visiting friends, but in visiting them seldom.