The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not when it misses.
Francis Bacon
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- 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.
- I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am.
- Wives are young men's mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men's nurses.
- Life, an age to the miserable, and a moment to the happy.
- A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green.