He who scorns instruction will pay for it, but he who respects a command is rewarded.
The Bible, Proverbs 13:13
Our critical day is not the very day of our death, but the whole course of our life; I thank him, that prays for me when my bell tolls; but I thank him much more, that catechizes me, or preaches to me, or instructs me how to live.
John Donne