wise old man

And just like that, the wise old man became the crazy uncle that no one listens to anymore.

He is a wise old man, Upton, and he hears a good many things that don't get printed in the newspapers.

In the words of a wise old man of the world, Francis Bacon, "He who marries and has children gives hostages to fortune."

The wise old man agreed with me, and said that I was quite right: it was the best way to make me do ultimately whatever he liked.

The wise old man did not laugh at my sorrow, but by his sensible advice he managed to console me and to give me courage.

The wise old man may reproach laggard, inexperienced younger ones, saying, “Why do you not go to work?”