Explain this quotation "Old wood best to burn old wine to drink old friends to trust and old authors to read.?

Question

Explain this quotation "Old wood best to burn old wine to drink old friends to trust and old authors to read.?

Answer 1

The best things in life are things that have been around the longest??

Answer 2

Seems to be pretty self-explanatory to me.

Old wood best to burn -- old, thoroughly dried out wood burns bright and clean in a fireplace as compared to new, green wood which is too damp to burn well

old wine to drink -- fine wines get better as they age and mature

old friends to trust -- well, this should need no explanation

old authors to read -- the classics of literature are better than the modern c**p being written today

IOW, old things are better than new.