Be like the cliff against which the waves continually break; but it stands firm and tames the fury of the water around it.
Be like the rocky headland on which the waves constantly break. It stands firm, and round it the seething waters are laid to rest.
In the life of a man, his time is but a moment, his being an incessant flux, his sense a dim rushlight, his body a prey of worms, his soul an unquiet eddy, his fortune dark, his fame doubtful. In short, all that is body is as coursing waters, all that is of the soul as dreams and vapors.
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