"It is wise to work as well as study Torah; between the two, you will forget to sin." ~~ Sayings of the Fathers 2:2
"Good men are hard to provoke and easy to calm." ~~ Sayings of the Fathers, 4:21
"Where there is no knowledge there can be no insight, and where there is no insight there can be no knowledge." ~~ Sayings of the Fathers 3:2
"The only free man is he who engages in the study of Torah." ~~ Sayings of the Fathers 4:9
"He who honors the Torah is honored by mankind." ~~ Sayings of the Fathers 4:6
"The man who puts his talents to selfish uses commits spiritual suicide." ~~ (adapted from) Hillel in Sayings of the Fathers 1:13
"To learn from the young is to eat unripe fruit and drink new wine; to learn from the old is to eat ripe fruit and drink old wine." ~~ (based on) Sayings of the Fathers 4:28
"Condemn no man and consider nothing impossible, for there is no man who does not have his hour." ~~ Sayings of the Fathers 4:6
"When two men sit together and fail to discuss Torah—lo! there is the seat of the scornful. But when two men do discuss Torah, the Holy Spirit rests on them." ~~ Sayings of the Fathers 3:2
"A true Jew is distinguished by three characteristics: sympathy, modesty, benevolence." ~~ Sayings of the Fathers, 5:22
"Judge every man charitably." ~~ Sayings of the Fathers, 1:6
"Make your home an assembling place for the wise, and drink their words with zeal." ~~ Sayings of the Fathers 1:4