What is without periods of rest will not endure.
Thus all things altered. Nothing dies. And here and there the unbodied spirit flies.
What is more useful than fire? Yet if any one prepares to burn a house, it is with fire that he arms his daring hands.
He, who is not prepared today, will be less so tomorrow.
There is nothing in the whole world which abides. All things are in a state of ebb and flow, and every shadow passes away. Even time itself, like a river, is constantly gliding away .
Whatever charm thou hast, be charming.