“Old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read.”– Athenaeus Related Quotes “Excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism.”– Oprah Winfrey “A well regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained in arms, is the best most natural defense of a free country.”– James Madison “I have lost my seven best friends, which is to say God has had mercy on me seven times without realizing it. He lent a friendship, took it from me, sent me another.”– Jean Cocteau