“Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit.”
“Schemes are like fruit, they require a certain ripening.”
“She looked like autumn, when leaves turned and fruit ripened.”
“Keep your friends for friendship, but work with the skilled and competent”
“Vengeance is a delicious fruit, which must be allowed to ripen in order that it may be fully enjoyed.”
“...anyone who thinks that all fruits ripen at the same time as strawberries, knows nothing of grapes.”