Tell me what you find better, or more honourable than age. Is not wisdom entail'd upon it? Take the pre-eminence of it in every thing; in an old friend, in old wine, in an old pedigree.

Slightly altered in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919) p. 171, note: "What find you better or more honourable than age? Take the preheminence of it in everything, — in an old friend, in old wine, in an old pedigree." | Compare: Bacon, Apophthegms, no. 97