The Jewish Wisdom Database

No man can enjoy full happiness save with his wife and children.

Without family life no nation can be made.

One should respect one's father-in-law like one's own father.

If a man does not do good himself, let him not rely on what his ancestors did!

Happiness comes to a man when he dwells beneath his own roof-tree.

By wisdom a house is built, and by understanding established.

All Jews are brothers.

A miser is a faithful watch-dog, guarding the wealth of his heirs.

Adam was the luckiest of men: he had no mother-in-law.

Happy he that grew up with a good name and departed this world with one.

A good name is the proudest of pedigrees.

But now, when shall I provide for my own household also?

As a child my family's menu consisted of two choices: take it or leave it.

A curse? You should have a lot of money, but you should be the only one in your family with it.

Let a stranger live with you, and he'll estrange your way of life.

A home not made for springtime and for rainy days is none.

A pleasant home, a pleasant wife and pleasant furnishings enlarge a man's mind.

At work, you think of the children you have left at home. At home, you think of the work you've left unfinished. Such a struggle is unleashed within yourself. Your heart is rent.

Build your home in such a way that a stranger may feel happy in your midst!

Do you know what it means to come home at night to a woman who'll give you a little love, a little affection, a little tenderness? It means you're in the wrong house, that's what it means.

Each and every man is a king in his own home.

I do not recall a Jewish home without a book on the table.

If a guest enters your home, ask him no quesitons of the Torah unless you know that he can answer!

If a man return evil for good, evil will not depart from his home.

Let your home be a meet-place for the Sages!