The Jewish Wisdom Database

As wine enlivens the heart, so do the words of the Torah.

Vinegar is good for you in dry heat.

Voices, sights and savours refresh Man's mind.

One can live without wine but not without water.

Fie on those that rise early in the morning to run after strong drink and tarry late at eventide till wine inflames them!

Wine cheers the heart of a man.

Look not on the wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly! In the end, it bites like a serpent and stings like an adder.

Give strong drink to the lost and wine to those in dire distress!

Show not yourself valiant in wine, for many has it undone!

Wine is as good as life to Man, if you drink it in its proper measure.

Much wine is a trap to the fool, it weakens you and provokes injurious bickering.

How exceeding strong is wine! It makes all to err that drink it.

Wine tops the list of all medicines.

Wine adds to the appetite.

A lot of wine is harmful but a little is good.

Wine is as good to the old as milk is to babes.

You've got to take the bitter with the sour.

Ask your child what he wants for dinner only if he's buying.

Food is an important part of a balanced diet.

Great people talk about ideas, average people talk about things, and small people talk about wine.

My favorite animal is steak.

Worries go down better with soup than without.

I envy people who drink. At least they have something to blame everything on.

Success to me is having ten honeydew melons, and eating only the top half of each one.

As life's pleasures go, food is second only to sex. Except for salami and eggs. Now that's better than sex, but only if the salami is thickly sliced.