Quotes from The Talmud

Mention not a blemish which is thy own in detraction of a neighbour.

Never expose yourself unnecessarily to danger; a miracle may not save you...and if it does, it will be deducted from your share of luck or merit.

Never put thyself in the way of temptation: even David could not resist it.

Nothing is more becoming a man than silence. It is not the preaching but the practice which ought to be considered as the more important. A profusion of words is sure to lead to error.

Rather skin a carcass for pay in the public streets than be idly dependent on charity.

The best conduct a man can adopt is that which gains him the esteem of others without depriving him of his own.

The best preacher is the heart; the best teacher is time; the best book is the world; the best friend is God.

The deeper the sorrow the less tongue it hath.

The sun sets without thy assistance.

There are three things which, in great quantity, are bad, and, in little, very good: leaven, salt, and liberality.

There are three whose life is no life: he who lives at another?s table; he whose wife domineers over him; and he who suffers bodily affliction.

There is a great difference between one who can feel ashamed before his own soul and one who is only ashamed before his fellow men.

Understand a man by his deeds and words; the impressions of others lead to false judgment.

Until a child is one year old it is incapable of sin.

It is not upon thee to finish the work neither art thou free to abstain from it.

He who promises runs in debt

I thank You, God, in Heaven, for friends. Margaret Elizabeth Sangster Join the company of lions rather than assume the lead among foxes.

Man has three friends on whose company he relies. First, wealth - which goes with him only while good fortune lasts. Second, his relatives - they go only as far as the grave and leave him there. The third friend, his good deeds, go with him beyond th

For the unlearned, old age is winter; for the learned it is the season of the harvest.