The Jewish Wisdom Database

When justice is done, it is joy to the righteous.

Let not kindness and truth forsake you!

By justice a king makes the kingdom firm and strong.

It is better to know well than to know much.

The language of truth will endure for ever.

There are a thousand ways to do injustice without breaking a single law.

Go to the ant, you sluggard, consider her ways and be wise!

Slothfulness casts you into deep slumber.

Rather a poor man than a liar.

Three are rebels against light: a thief, an adulterer and a bat.

When fortune favors you, you will find every man your faithful friend.

Follow not the majority in the wrong way, because the many are not always wise!

Answer a fool according to his folly!

The memory of the righteous is a blessing.

The merciful man does his own soul good.

An intelligent mind will seek knowledge.

As, in water, face mirrors face, so the mind of man mirrors him.

A miser is a faithful watch-dog, guarding the wealth of his heirs.

Woe to him that lives as a pauper to die rich!

Woe to him that toils all his life to comfort his heirs by his death!

Some people confess their mistakes to conceal their crimes.

It is an honor to a man to admit his error.

Despise not your mother, when she is old!

Do not be joyful almong the mourners!

Who guards his mouth preserves his life.