“And in his hand a sickle he did holde,
To reape the ripened fruits the which the earth had yold.”

“With the ripening of the fruits in Autumn”

“Impatience is a great obstacle to success; he who treats everything with brusqueness gathers nothing, or only immature fruit which will never ripen.”

“Youth is a blossom whose fruit is love; happy is he who plucks it after watching it slowly ripen.”

“A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.”

“Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit.”

“Men did not make the earth… It is the value of the improvements only, and not the earth itself, that is individual property… Every proprietor owes to the community a ground rent for the land which he holds.”

“If you love me, be patient. Look at the trees. Are they in a hurry to ripen their fruit?”

“She who sows vengeance must reap its bloody fruit.”

“Those who do not have enough patience will not reap the fruits of wisdom. This is because the tree of virtue takes time to bear fruit.”