“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)
“Old friends, like old shoes, are comfortable. But old shoes, unlike old friends, tend not to be supportive: it is easier to stumble and sprain an ankle while wearing a pair of old shoes than it is in new shoes, with their less yielding leather.”
The Unbearable Lightness of Scones, chapter 8.
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