John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
2071 John Webster 1580?-1634 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 2071 |
| AUTHOR: | John Webster (1580?–1634) |
| QUOTATION: | Is not old wine wholesomest, old pippins toothsomest, old wood burns brightest, old linen wash whitest? Old soldiers, sweetheart, are surest, and old lovers are soundest. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Westward Hoe. Act ii. Sc. 2. |
| Note 1. See Bacon, Quotation 57. [back] |