"It is wise to work as well as study Torah; between the two, you will forget to sin." ~~ Sayings of the Fathers 2:2
"The wicked are easy to provoke and hard to calm." ~~ (based on) Sayings of the Fathers 5:17
"He who fulfills the Torah amidst his poverty will in the end fulfill it amidst wealth; he who neglects the Torah amidst wealth will in the end neglect it amidst poverty." ~~ Sayings of the Fathers 4:9
"Whoever performs one good action gains an advocate, whoever commits a sin procures an accuser." ~~ Sayings of the Fathers, 4:15
"I grew up among wise men and learned that nothing is better than silence." ~~ Sayings of the Fathers 1:17
"The sons of sages are not always sages—so that no one can think Torah is inherited, and so that the sages’ sons do not hold themselves superior to others." ~~ (adapted from) Sayings of the Fathers 2:12
"Give every man the benefit of the doubt." ~~ Sayings of the Fathers, 1:7
"Do not say: I will learn when I will have leisure; you may never have it." ~~ Sayings of the Fathers, 2:5
"It is beyond man’s power to explain the prosperity of the wicked, or the troubles of the good." ~~ Sayings of the Fathers 3:16
"The man who puts his talents to selfish uses commits spiritual suicide." ~~ (adapted from) Hillel in Sayings of the Fathers 1:13
"A true Jew is distinguished by three characteristics: sympathy, modesty, benevolence." ~~ Sayings of the Fathers, 5:22
"Where there is no Torah there is no good conduct, and where there is no good conduct there can be no Torah." ~~ Sayings of the Fathers 3:17