(Jane Austen - Pride and prejudice ) "But people themselves alter so much, that there is something new to beobserved in them for ever.
His health was beginning to sufferfrom the closeness of the confinement, but neither the often-repeatedentreaties of Perker and his friends, nor the still morefrequently-repeated warnings and admonitions of Mr. Samuel Weller, couldinduce him to alter one jot of his inflexible resolution.
Wot's to becomeof you, Sir?My good fellow,' replied Mr. Pickwick, 'the recent changes among myfriends will alter my mode of life in future, entirely; besides, I amgrowing older, and want repose and quiet.
My mind's made up, and nothin'can ever alter it.
"(Chesterton The secret of father Brown ) "It would be devilish awkward to alter the parts now, anyhow," saidRandall.