"Don’t crave to sit at the table of a king; your own table is better—and so is your crown." ~~ Sayings of the Fathers 6:5
"Be very careful in teaching, for an error in teaching is tantamount to a willful transgression." ~~ Sayings of the Fathers 4:13
"One mitzva (good deed) leads to another, just as one averah (sin) leads to another." ~~ Sayings of the Fathers
"Make your home an assembling place for the wise, and drink their words with zeal." ~~ Sayings of the Fathers 1:4
"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
"Good men are hard to provoke and easy to calm." ~~ Sayings of the Fathers, 4:21
"Judge every man charitably." ~~ Sayings of the Fathers, 1:6
"He who honors the Torah is honored by mankind." ~~ Sayings of the Fathers 4:6
"There are four types [of students]: the sponge, the funnel, the strainer, and the sifter: The sponge soaks up everything; the funnel takes in at one ear but lets out at the other; the strainer lets pass the wine and retains the lees; and the sifter holds back the coarse flour and collects the fine." ~~ Sayings of the Fathers 5:15
"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
"It is wise to work as well as study Torah; between the two, you will forget to sin." ~~ Sayings of the Fathers 2:2
"Pray for political stability, for if not for fear of the government men would swallow each other alive." ~~ Sayings of the Fathers, 3:1