I don't know if you know who you are until you lose who you are.?

One can't proceed from the informal to the formal by formal means.

亲兄弟不和睦，家产像瓜一样被切开；士大夫爱钱，不读书却追逐钱财。

One of the best rules anybody can learn about investing is to do nothing, absolutely nothing, unless there is something to do... I just wait until there is money lying in the corner, and all I have to do is go over there and pick it up.