The Jewish Wisdom Database

A convert is regarded as an infant new-born.

Let no man marry a wife meaning to divorce her!

The man who divorces is not in the same situation as a woman divorced.

Who loves his wife as himself and respects her more than himself, who guides his sons and daughters in the straight path and weds them timely, of him it is said: [Job (Iyov) 5:24] 'You shall know that your tent is safe.'

More than man wishes to marry, woman wishes to wed.

A wifeless Jew has no peace in life.

Tell your secret only to one in a thousand!

Silence means consent.

The man who boasts: 'I have naught but the Torah' has not even that.

Let no man spill the water of his cistern while others need it!

A wicked wife is like leprosy to her husband.

A wifeless man is not a man.

It is enough that our wives bring up our children and save us from sin.

A woman suffers more from the jealousy of a friend than from the prick of a thorn.