When trouble haunts me, need I sigh?

Fashion is her favourite disciple.

And what is Life? — An hour-glass on the run,

Arts may ply fantastic anatomy but nature is always herself in her wildest moods of extravagence.

Popularity is a hasty and busy talker, she catches hold of topics and offers them to fame without giving herself time to reflect whether they are true or false.

Superstition lives longer than books, it is engraved on the human mind 'til it becomes a part of its existence.

And don't despise your betters cause they're old.