One who gives way to passion is as bad as an idolater.
Hospitality is as great a virtue as studying the law.
"Never put thyself in the way of temptation," advised Rabbi Judah; "even David could not resist it."
Rabbi Tyra, on being asked by his pupils to tell them the secret which gained him a happy, peaceful old age, replied, "I have never cherished anger with my family; I have never envied those greater than myself, and I have never rejoiced in the downfall of any one."
Unhappy is he who mistakes the branch for the tree, the shadow for the substance.
Thy yesterday is thy past; thy to-day thy future; thy to-morrow is a secret.
The best preacher is the heart; the best teacher is time; the best book is the world; the best friend is God.
Life is but a loan to man; death is the creditor who will one day claim it.
Understand a man by his own deeds and words. The impressions of others lead to false judgment.
He through whose agency another has been falsely punished stands outside of heaven's gates.