Fruit

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

"Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana."

"Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet."

"The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet."

"Live in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influence of the earth."

"Love is a fruit in season at all times and within reach of every hand."