It is thus with farming, if you do one thing late, you will be late in all your work.

Grasp the subject, the words will follow.

We cannot control the evil tongues of others; but a good life enables us to disregard them.

Wise men profit more from fools than fools from wise men; for the wise men shun the mistakes of fools, but fools do not imitate the successes of the wise.

Patience is the greatest of all virtues.

Even though work stops, expenses run on.