The Jewish Wisdom Database

Who is a hero? The man that turns an enemy into a friend.

Foolish and frivolous things are easy to learn and hard to forget.

Who welcomes his friend with a smile is as one giving him the finest gifts in the world.

If your friend did you a little good, let it be large in your sight! If he did you much harm, think it a trifle!

Who is the greatest of heroes? He that makes his foe his friend.

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

There is no beauty like the beauty of Jerusalem.

The Land of Israel is called life.

The creation of a single man is as weighty a thing as the creation of the whole universe.

A scholar who fears not sin is as a craftsman without his tools.

If silence is good for the wise, the better it is for the witless.