Everything comes in time to him who knows how to wait.

There's a time for all things.

If I have ever made any valuable discoveries, it has been due more to patient attention, than to any other talent.

I am a patient man - always willing to forgive on the Christian terms of repentance; and also to give ample time for repentance.

The things I've done in my life have required a lot of years of work before they took off.

The cuckoos remain silent for a long time (for several seasons) until they are able to sing sweetly (in the Spring) so as to give joy to all.