Francis Bacon (1561–1626) English philosopher, statesman, scientist, jurist, and author
No. 97
Apophthegms (1624)
“292. The best mirrour is an old friend.”
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
Variant: 292. The best mirrour is an old friend.
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Francis Bacon (1561–1626) English philosopher, statesman, scientist, jurist, and author
No. 97
Apophthegms (1624)
Context: 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.
“Old friends are best. King James used to call for his old shoes; they were easiest for his feet.”
John Selden (1584–1654) English jurist and scholar of England's ancient laws and constitution, and of Jewish law
Friends.
Table Talk (1689)
Sarah Orne Jewett book The Country of the Pointed Firs
Source: The Country of the Pointed Firs (1896), Ch. 12
“You’re my best friend, Shmuel,’ he said. ‘My best friend for life.”
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Source: The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
“Your Worst Enemy Could Be Your Best Friend && Your Best Friend Your Worst Enemy”
Bob Marley (1945–1981) Jamaican singer, songwriter, musician
“I love everything that's old: old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wines.”
Oliver Goldsmith book The Vicar of Wakefield
She Stoops to Conquer (1771), Act I
Source: The Vicar of Wakefield