Shakespeare, 31st December

                The end crowns all,

And that old common arbitrator, Time,

Will one day end it.

                         Troilus and Cressida, Act iv., Sc. 5.

"The cloud-capp'd towers, the gorgeous palaces,

The solemn temples, the great globe itself,

Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve,

And, like this insubstantial pageant faded,

Leave not a rack behind."             Tempest, Act iv., Sc. I.