When all is consumed repentance comes too late.

More proverbs about Wisdom

• Content is the true philosopher's stone. Accepting what you have transforms ordinary existence into genuine wealth and peace.
• A contented mind is a continual feast. Satisfaction with what you have provides lasting emotional nourishment superior to physic…
• He that hath nothing is not contented. Deprivation breeds perpetual discontent; those lacking resources cannot achieve satisfact…
• The greatest wealth is contentment with a little. Modest sufficiency brings more peace than endless pursuit of accumulation.
• Corn is cleansed with the wind, and the soul with chastening. Removing chaff from grain requires force; similarly, moral purification demands disciplin…
• In wiving and thriving men should take counsel of all the world. Marriage and business success require diverse perspectives, not solitary decision-making.