"Better healthy and poor than rich and poorly." ~~ Ben Sira 30:14
"If you will remember the end of all things, you will cease hating." ~~ Ben Sira
"Be not slow to visit the sick!" ~~ Ben Sira 7:35
"Honor and shame are in the power of the tongue. " ~~ Ben Sira 5:15
"It is follly to listen at the door, and the clever man regards this as a very shameful thing." ~~ Ben Sira 21:24
"Flee from a sin as from a snake, for if you draw nigh it will bite you! " ~~ Ben Sira 21:2
"A thief is better than a liar, but they are both doomed." ~~ Ben Sira, Ecclesiasticus 20:25
"While sinning, repent!" ~~ Ben Sira 18:21
"Who gives charity makes a thankoffering. " ~~ Ben Sira 35:2
"The yoke of wisdom is a yoke of gold." ~~ Ben Sira 1:32
"Accustom not your lips to use obscene speech! " ~~ Ben Sira 23:13
"Gladness of the heart is the life of man, and his joyfulness lengthens his days." ~~ Ben Sira 30:12