It is so seldom that a young fellow has any inclination for the company of an old man. . .
Source: The Trial, Act IV, Sc. I, 1798.
-- Joanna Baillie, (Sep 11 1762-1851), Scottish poet, dramatist; Her plays, mainly in verse, were highly praised at a period when serious drama was in decline; wrote her Plays on the Passions, 3 vol., 1798-1812.