Be cautious in your intercourse with the great; they seldom confer obligations on their inferiors but from interested motives. Friendly they appear as long as it serves their turn, but they will render no assistance in time of actual need.

Wording recorded in the collection; original language not established.

Be cautious in your intercourse with the great; they seldom confer obligations on their inferiors but from interested motives. Friendly they appear as long as it serves their turn, but they will render no assistance in time of actual need.

Tradizione ebraica · Talmud · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 177

Wording recorded in the collection; original language not established.

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

Tradizione ebraica · Talmud · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 106

Wording recorded in the collection; original language not established.

All the blessings of a household come through the wife, therefore should her husband honour her.

Tradizione ebraica · Talmud · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 194

Wording recorded in the collection; original language not established.

He that is ambitious of fame destroys it. He that increaseth not his knowledge diminishes it. He that uses the crown of learning as an instrument of gain will pass away.

Tradizione ebraica · Talmud · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 201

Wording recorded in the collection; original language not established.

If thou lackest knowledge, what hast thou then acquired? Hast thou acquired knowledge, what else dost thou want?

Tradizione ebraica · Talmud · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 205