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Umar Ibn al-Khattab رضي الله عنه was once circumambulating the Kabah when he heard two men speaking in a language other than arabic behind him. He turned to them and said:

“Find some way to learn arabic.”

المصنف للإمام عبد الرزاق 5/496

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Al-Hasan al-Basri رحمه الله said:

“Do not be occupied with ephemeral worldly pleasure and forget the Hereafter, your life is short,

so hurry up and do not postpone today's work till tomorrow because you do not know when you will die and meet Allah.”

حلية الأولياء 2/140

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The scholars differ concerning this matter: Are sins expiated through righteous actions or is repentance necessary?

That which is correct based upon the proof is that major sins require repentance. The Prophet ‎ﷺ said:

“The five daily prayers, and Jumu'ah prayer to Jumu'ah prayer, is expiation for what comes in between them as long as major sins have not been committed.” (Jami’ at-Tirmidhi 214)

If the expiation doesn't counteract the small sins, then they lessen the major sins. For example: If a person has minor sins, then he performs wudu so his minors sins are erased, then he prays while not having any minor sins—it is hoped that these deeds will lessen his major sins. These deeds will not completely remove his major sins (as repentance is required), but it is hoped that they will lessen them.

Explanation of the concise advises of Shaykh-ul-Islam ibn Taymiyyah by Shaykh Sulayman ar-Ruhayli pg 55

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Imām Mālik said: “If a man meets Allāh with sins of the whole earth but (he) meets Allāh upon Sunnah then (he) will be in Jannah with the Prophets, the truthful ones, the martyrs, the righteous ones and excellent are those as companions!”

{ذم الكلام وأهله}

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ʿAbdullāh ibn Abī Zakariyyā said :

أخبرنا الحوطي، أخبرنا وهب بن عمرو بن عبد الأحموسي، أخبرنا أبو سبأ عتبة بن تميم، عن عبد الله بن أبي زكريا، قال : من كثر كلامه كثر سقطه، ومن كثر سقطه قل ورعه، ومن قل ورعه مات قلبه، ومن مات قلبه حرم الله عليه الجنة

Whoever speaks excessively will make frequent mistakes, and whoever makes frequent mistakes will have little piety, and whoever has little piety will have a dead heart, and whoever’s heart is dead, Allāh will forbid Paradise for him.

كتاب الزهد لابن أبي عاصم (54)

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Ḥasan al-Baṣrī رحمه الله said: ❝Man is ungrateful - he counts the disasters while forgetting the blessings of his Lord.❞

{جامع البيان عن تأويل أي القرآن ٢٤/٥٥٧}

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وكان سعيد بن جبير إذا صلى العصر لم يكلم أحدا حتى تغرب الشمس

And Sa’īd bin Jubayr did not speak to anyone after the Asr prayer [on Friday] until the sun had set.

‏زاد المعاد (١ / ٣٨٢)