"If a person meant to commit a sin, the Lord will not consider it till it be committed." ~~ Midrash Tehillim
"Wisdom came before the Torah." ~~ Midrash Mishle
"A man is lucky if his wife, his studies and his livelihood all come from his own town." ~~ Midrash Mishle
"A word to the wise is enough, but a fool needs a fist." ~~ Midrash Mishle
"A carpenter without tools is no carpenter." ~~ Midrash, Exodus R. 40:1
"If a person wishes to become a priest or a Levite, he cannot; but even a Gentile can be righteous." ~~ Midrash Tehillim
"As long as light comes from the great, the light of the lesser is unseen; once the light of the great disappears, the light of the lesser shines." ~~ Midrash Deuteronomy R. 5
"When the shepherd blunders, his flock blunders after him." ~~ Midrash Pirke de Rabbi Eliezer, 42
"A sage takes precedence over a king, for if a sage dies, we have no one like him, but if a king dies all Israel is eligible to succeed him." ~~ (based on) the Midrash
"Doubts made people wise." ~~ Midrash Shmuel
"If a man does not plow in the summer, what will he eat in the winter?" ~~ Midrash Proverbs
"When trouble comes into the world, Israel feels it first: when good comes, Israel feels it first, too." ~~ Midrash Lamentations R. 2:3