Look in the mirror to comb your hair. Blessed is he who has learned To admire but not envy, To follow but not imitate, To praise but not flatter, And to lead but not manipulate. But you look in the same direction. The way to love anything is to realize that it might be lost. It is the privilege of the Phoenix.
Excellence grows old and so does fame.
Custom wears down our admiration, and a mediocre novelty can conquer the greatest eminence in its old age. So be reborn in courage, in intellect, in happiness, and in all else. Dare to renew your brilliance, dawning many times, like the sun, only changing your surroundings. No man ever steps in the same river twice, for he is not the same man and it is not the same river. If your house is on fire, warm yourself by it.