The Jewish Wisdom Database

Be ever decorous when you enter and when you leave.

If charity costs nothing, the world would be full of philanthropists.

The best charity is good will.

A man gives little if he gives much with a frown; he gives much if he gives little with a smile.

Whoever gives the poor money is blessed sixfold; whoever does it with a kind word is blessed sevenfold.

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.

Not to teach your son to work is like teaching him to steal.

Never promise something to a child and not give it to him, because in that way he learns to lie.

In your town, your reputation counts; in another, your clothes do.

The man who does not respect clothes will not benefit from them.

Three things soften a man's heart: a pleasant melody, a pleasant scene, and a fragrant odor.

When a sage dies, all men should mourn.

Poverty in a home is worse than fifty plagues.

A village without a school should be abolished.

God created the Evil Impulse, but He also created its antidote, the Torah.

Three things are good in a little measure and bad in large: yeast, salt, and hesitation.

If you have a fine meal, enjoy it in a good light.