In all well-attempered governments there is nothing which should be more jealously maintained than the spirit of obedience to law, more especially in small matters; for transgression creeps in unperceived and at last ruins the state, just as the constant recurrence of small expenses in time eats up a fortune.
AristotleTime crumbles things; everything grows old under the power of Time and is forgotten through the lapse of Time.
Aristotle