The trick to playing second fiddle is to play it like second Stradivarius.
Never act until you have clearly answered the question: "What happens if I do nothing?"
Metaphor for the night sky: a trillion asterisks and no explanations.
Time is a figure eight, at its center the city of Deja Vu.
Never use the passing years as an excuse for old age.
For centuries, man believed that the sun revolves around the earth. Centuries later, he still thinks that time moves clockwise.