Every blade of grass has its angel that bends over it and whispers, grow, grow.
If one man says to thee, Thou art a donkey, pay no heed. If two speak thus, purchase a saddle.
Everyone whose deeds are more than his wisdom, his wisdom endures; and everyone whose wisdom is more than his deeds, his wisdom does not endure.
A person will be called to account on Judgment Day for every permissible thing he might have enjoyed but did not.
Join the company of lions rather than assume the lead among foxes.
Man has three friends on whose company he relies. First, wealth which goes with him only while good fortune lasts. Second, his relatives; they go only as far as the grave, leave him there. The third friend, his good deeds, go with him beyond the grave.
Thy friend has a friend, and thy friend's friend has a friend; be discreet.
Loving kindness is greater than laws; and the charities of life are more than all ceremonies.
Fish die when they are out of water, and people die without law and order.
This is the punishment of a liar: he is not believed, even when he speaks the truth.
The sun will set without thy assistance.
When you teach your son, you teach your son's son.
A quotation at the right moment is like bread to the famished.
Greater even than the pious man is he who eats that which is the fruit of his own toil; for scripture declares him twice-blessed.
Sin is sweet in the beginning, but bitter in the end.
The deeper the sorrow the less the tongue has it.
The burden is equal to the horse's strength.
Who is a wise man? He who learns of all men.
Who is wise? One who learns from all.
The end result of wisdom is... good deeds.
No labor, however humble, is dishonoring.