All is ephemeral - fame and the famous as well.

If any man despises me, that is his problem. My only concern is not doing or saying anything deserving of contempt.

Nature which governs the whole will soon change all things which you see, and out of their substance will make other things and again other things... in order that the world may be ever new.

Enter others' minds and let them enter yours.

Do not consider anything for your interest which makes you break your word, quit your modesty or inclines you to any practice which will not bear the light or look the world in the face.

Leave the wrong done by another where the wrong arose.

When jarred, unavoidably, by circumstance revert at once to yourself and don't lose the rhythm more than you can help. You'll have a better grasp of harmony if you keep going back to it.