The Jewish Wisdom Database

Even the Divine Presence is unimportant to an angry man.

A childless man is as good as dead.

No man can divorce his friend's wife.

Make not the stranger king over you!

None is poor save him that lacks knowledge.

A sick man, when he recovers from an illness, returns to the days of his youth.

Shame induces us to fear sin.

Never call a halt to your visiting of the sick!

Who visits a sick friend lessens his pain a little.

A vow annulled in part is annulled in whole.

Little children, little troubles; big children, big troubles.

Little children won't let you sleep; big children won't let you live.

Each child brings his own blessing into the world.

You can tell a Jew by how he treats his children.

A child's tears move the heavens themselves.

If the world will ever be redeemed, it will be through the virtues of children.

A child's simple sense is a kind of wisdom.

For children, we tear the world apart.

Don't gossip about the children of others while yours are still growing up.