Their canny survival through a brutal winter and their eventual return to the tribe as wise elders offers an extended parable on perseverance and community.

Mentors, therapists, wise elders and mature friends give us perspective and counsel.

Consulting some wise elders would send a reassuring message to the country that the nation's grown-ups are rallying to the cause of our collective safety.

The subversion of the cliché of impetuous youth and wise elders has been noted by landlords, whose last customers are pensioners who rely on their local for companionship.

Many grandfathers and other older men wear a kufi every day to symbolize their status as wise elders, religious people, or family patriarchs.