"The man who works is blessed." ~~ Midrash, Psalms 23
"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 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
"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
"As a torch is not diminished though it kindles a million candles, so will he not lose who gives to a good cause." ~~ Midrash Exodus Babbah
"Many pens are broken, and seas of ink consumed, to descibe things that never happened." ~~ Midrash Tanchuma
"Put all other sufferings in one side of the scale, and poverty in the other, and poverty would be heavier." ~~ Midrash, Exodus R. 31:12