2 Put your investments in several places — many places, in fact — because you never know what kind of bad luck you are going to have in this world.
3 No matter in which direction a tree falls, it will lie where it fell. When the clouds are full, it rains.
4 If you wait until the wind and the weather are just right, you will never sow anything and never harvest anything.
5 God made everything, and you can no more understand what he does than you understand how new life begins in the womb of a pregnant woman.
6 Do your sowing in the morning and in the evening, too. You never know whether it will all grow well or whether one sowing will do better than the other.
7 It is good to be able to enjoy the pleasant light of day.
8 Be grateful for every year you live. No matter how long you live, remember that you will be dead much longer. There is nothing at all to look forward to.