The old order changeth, yielding place to 30 new, / And God fulfils himself in many ways, / Lest one good custom should corrupt the world. Tennyson.
The old prose writers wrote as if they were speaking to an audience; while among us prose is invariably written for the eye alone. Niebuhr.
The older we get the more we must limit ourselves, if we wish to be active. Goethe.
The oldest, and indeed only true, order of nobility known under the stars, is that of just men and sons of God, in opposition to unjust men and sons of Belial, which latter indeed are second oldest, and yet a very unvenerable order. Carlyle.
The oldest in years is not always the most experienced, and he who has suffered most has not always the best manners. Bodenstedt.
The one enemy we have in this universe is 35 stupidity, darkness of mind; of which darkness there are many sources, every sin a source, and probably self-conceit the chief source. Carlyle.
The one essential point (in regard to a wrong) is to know that it is wrong; how to get out of it you can decide afterwards at your leisure. Ruskin.
The one exclusive sign of a thorough knowledge is the power of teaching. Arist.
The one intolerable sort of slavery, over which the very gods weep, is the slavery of the strong to the weak; of the great and noble-minded to the small and mean; the slavery of wisdom to folly. Carlyle.
The one prudence in life is concentration. Emerson.