#old friend

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. ↗

— Francis Bacon

#appears #authors #best #burn #drink

A man writing a letter is a man in the act of thinking, and it was an exercise Reagan obviously enjoyed. After his first meeting with Gorbachev, for example, he sent a 'Dear Murph' letter about it to his old friend George Murphy, a former senator and actor who had once played Reagan's father in a film. ↗

— Russell Baker

#act #actor #after #dear #enjoyed

The 5th Amendment is an old friend and a good friend. one of the great landmarks in men's struggle to be free of tyranny, to be decent and civilized. ↗

— William O. Douglas

#civilized #decent #free #friend #good

Old friends die on you, and they're irreplaceable. You become dependent. ↗

— Lionel Blue

#dependent #die #friends #irreplaceable #old

One of the pleasantest things about book writing is that sometimes it brings one in touch with old friends. ↗

— Rachel Field

#book #book writing #brings #friends #old

One of the hardest aspects of this protracted public persona is not knowing others as well as they feel they know me. It's a rather clumsy feeling actually; to not know someone who acts as though you're old friends. ↗

— Christopher Knight

#actually #aspects #clumsy #feel #feeling

Old friends pass away, new friends appear. It is just like the days. An old day passes, a new day arrives. The important thing is to make it meaningful: a meaningful friend - or a meaningful day. ↗

— Dalai Lama

#a new day #appear #arrives #away #day

The only good thing about going to the fights is you can go into the green room and you can see some of your old friends that you haven't seen in a long time. ↗

— Robert Goulet

#fights #friends #go #going #good

When Nirvana became popular, you could very easily slip and get lost during that storm. I fortunately had really heavy anchors - old friends, family. ↗

— Dave Grohl

#became #could #during #easily #family

There is no friend like an old friend who has shared our morning days, no greeting like his welcome, no homage like his praise. ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

#days #friend #greeting #his #homage