The Jewish Wisdom Database

Money attracts money.

From the morning one can judge how the whole day will be.

Despise not your mother, when she is old!

Who guards his mouth preserves his life.

A fool's mouth is his ruin and his lips are a snare to himself.

A flattering mouth works havoc.

The name of the wicked will rot.

A good name is more desirable than great riches, a good reputation than silver and gold.

The greater your need, the nearer is God.

Sometimes it is not the office that makes the man but the man that makes the office.

Who overcomes his troubles in a hundred years will live long.

When an orphan smiles, heaven and earth smile with him.

There is one thing one cannot buy---one's parents.

Who is slow to anger has great understanding, who has a hasty temper exalts folly.

Good sense makes a man slow to anger.

With patience, a ruler may be won over.

Patience is already half way to knowledge.

Oil and perfume gladden the heart.

Who mocks the poor insults his Maker; he who rejoices at their calamity will not go unpunished.

Who closes his ears to the cry of the poor will himself cry out and not be heard.

When is a poor man glad? When he loses something and finds it again.

Poverty is no disgrace, but you cannot be proud of it.

Who keeps a commandment keeps his life.

Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.

A man's pride will bring him low.