"Quemad viejos leños, leed viejos libros, bebed viejos vinos, tened viejos amigos."

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Alonso of Aragon was wont to say in commendation of age, that 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. — As quoted in Apothegms (1624) by Francis Bacon, 97.