The Jewish Wisdom Database

The sleeping cat doesn't catch a rat.

Both a boaster and a fool miss the fitting time for silence.

Wisdom is to the soul as food is to the body.

The worst of men is he whose tongue is mightier than his mind.

The mouth is a door, and should be kept closed.

Hidden wisdom and concealed treasure---of what use is either?

A thief is better than a liar, but they are both doomed.

Dive into the sea of thought, and find there pearls beyond price.

Thought serves as a mirror: it shows us the ugliness and the beauty within.

Time is of short duration and flies away swifter than the shades of evening. We are like the child who grasps a sunbeam in his hand, and when he opens it finds it empty, to his amazement, and all the brightness gone.

The truly wise man is as liberal with his wisdom as clouds are with the rains.

Looks explain words.

words are like bodies; meanings are like souls.

A word without thought is like a foot without muscles.