pattern oneself after

:  a form or model proposed for imitation :  exemplar

:  something designed or used as a model for making things

:  an artistic, musical, literary, or mechanical design or form

:  match

:  imitate

:  to make, adapt, or fashion according to a pattern

:  one's normal, healthy, or sane condition or self

:  following in time or place :  afterward, behind, later

:  behind in place

:  subsequent to in time or order

:  subsequent to and in view of

:  subsequently to the time when

:  later in time

:  located toward the rear and especially toward the stern of a ship or tail of an aircraft

: used with a present participle to indicate action completed and especially just completed

:  afternoon