'Old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust and old authors to read' is said by-

• Francis Bacon is the Father of English Essay and Father of Modern Prose.
• His famous quotations:
- Old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust and old authors to read.
- Wonder is the seed of knowledge.
- Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, written an exact man.
- Opportunity makes a thief.
- It is impossible to love and be wise.
- History makes man wise.
- Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.
- Revenge is a kind of wild justice.
- The secret of success is the constancy of purpose.
- Studies serve for delight, for ornament and for ability.
- Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested of studies.
- Unmarried men are best friends, best Masters, best servants but not always best subjects.
Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations.