Jewish Proverb

A bird that you set free may be caught again, but a word that escapes your lips will not return.

A mother understands what a child does not say.

A pessimist, confronted with two bad choices, chooses both.

As he thinks in his heart, so he is.

As you teach, you learn.

Do not be wise in words - be wise in deeds.

First mend yourself, and then mend others.

If charity cost nothing, the world would be full of philanthropists.

If not for fear, sin would be sweet.

If the rich could hire the poor to die for them, the poor would make a very nice living.

Not to have felt pain is not to have been human.

If God lived on earth, people would break his windows.

Don't be sweet, lest you be eaten up; don't be bitter, lest you be spewed out.

He that can't endure the bad, will not live to see the good.

What you don't see with your eyes, don't invent with your mouth.

Ask about your neighbors, then buy the house.

Don't live in a town where there are no doctors.

Worries go down better with soup than without.

Don't look for more honor than your learning merits.

Make sure to be in with your equals if you're going to fall out with your superiors.

Rejoice not at thine enemy's fall - but don't rush to pick him up either.