The Jewish Wisdom Database

Not the cardplayer pays the penalty but only the man who knows not how to play, yet does.

You don't put the cat in charge of the cream.

Every change is for the better.

Charm means more than beauty.

A thing learnt in childhood is proven in old age.

Even a child makes himself known by his acts.

Children grow up, parents grow old.

Who chooses too much should not fret at his lot.

Clarity is God's blessing.

Even the costliest clock can show no more than sixty minutes to the hour.

Whoso confesses and forsakes his evil ways shall find mercy.

A contract is valid only for honest men.

Money lost, nothing lost. Courage lost, everything lost.

To be a critic is easier than to be an author.

He that is cruel troubles his own flesh.

The darkest hour of night heralds break of dawn.

Why do not the dead leave their graves? They are afraid that others will take their place.

Death does not knock at the door.

Better an easy death than a hard life.

He who pays his debt adds to his capital.

I would rather the worst debtor were indebted to me than I to the best of creditors.

A desire fulfilled is a tree of life.

The desire of the righteous is only good.

No man dies before his time.

A man diligent in his business shall stand before kings.