Tao Te Ching

“Cato—who was the oldest and wisest man of his day—was given the name "The Wise" as a kind of honorary title and in extreme old age because of his varied experience of affairs, and his reputation for foresight and firmness, and the sagacity of the opinions which he delivered in senate and forum”

— Cicero 106 – 43 BCE via Shan Dao
from On Friendship