Old wine, and old friend, and old gold are beloved in all places.
[Vin vieux, amy vieux, Y or vieux sont amez en touts lieux.]
James Howell (c. 1594–1666) Welsh historian, writer, aphorist
Paroimiographia [Παροιμιογραφία]: Proverbs, or, Old Sayed Sawes & Adages, “Proverbs in French” (1659)
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