Excerpt from Stray Leaves of Literature
"The old, so wisdom saith, Is better than the new, -
Friends, like old wine, old books, old days,
With age do ripen into mellower hue;
And Time, for what he takes, full oft repays
True hearts a Это и многое другое вы найдете в книге Stray Leaves of Literature (Classic Reprint) (Frederick Saunders)