Nothing in the entire universe ever perishes, believe me, but things vary, and adopt a new form. The phrase being born is used for beginning to be something different from what one was before, while dying means ceasing to be the same. Though this thing may pass into that, and that into this, yet the sums of things remains unchanged.

There is nothing constant in the universe. All ebb and flow, and every shape that's born, bears in its womb the seeds of change.

Where crime is taught from early years, it becomes a part of nature.

Everyone's a millionaire where promises are concerned.

Wine gives courage and makes men more apt for passion.

Whether you call my heart affectionate, or you call it womanish: I confess, that to my misfortune, it is soft.

The sharp thorn often produces delicate roses.