India, April 11 -- * Pride goeth before a fall.

* A stitch in time saves nine.

* Know thyself.

* Hustle and flow.

* I am enough.

We have always looked for words to live by.

As much as 3,000 years ago, the Chinese were poring over I Ching (Book of Changes) and drawing from its brief, poetic advice. It is still in print; now available, in fact, in dozens of languages.

Similarly, notes from the Old Testament, sermons of the Buddha (563-483 BCE) and writings of the Stoics (c. 300 BCE) on virtue, fate and how to live this life are still being re-read and spoken. Their clarity and relevance can feel uncanny.

"Pride goeth before a fall" is from the Bible. "Know thyself" is carved into the 4th-century-BCE Temple of Apollo at Delphi. "Pati...