When the evil deed, after it has become known, brings sorrow to the fool, then it destroys his bright lot, nay, it cleaves his head.
The evil-doer mourns in the next; he mourns in both. He mourns and suffers when he sees the evil of his own work.
An evil deed is better left undone, for a man repents of it afterwards; a good deed is better done, for having done it, one does not repent.
Even a good man sees evil days, as long as his good deed has not ripened; but when his good deed has ripened, then does the good man see happy days.
What man or creature desires to learn and to know the secret counsel and will of God - desires nothing else but what Adam did and the evil spirit.