"Who lends money to the needy free of interest is better than the giver of alms." ~~ Talmud, Shabbat
"Hospitality matters more than being early in synagogue." ~~ Talmud, Shabbat
"The Sabbath is the Queen of the week." ~~ Talmud, Shabbat 119a
"Repentance and good deeds are a man’s best lawyer." ~~ Talmud, Shabbat
"Till you are forty there is profit in eating, from then on drinking prospers." ~~ Talmud, Shabbat
"The wheel always comes full circle." ~~ Talmud, Shabbat
"Knowledge acquired in childhood is not soon forgotten." ~~ Talmud, Shabbat
"It is the Sabbath, and one should not weep, for healing is nigh to come." ~~ Talmud, Shabbat
"Who is rich? The man with a wife of pleasant deeds. . .with contentment in his riches." ~~ Talmud, Shabbat
"Stand not in a place of danger. saying, “a miracle may happen to me!”" ~~ Talmud, Shabbat
"The Shekhina does not bide amidst gloom and sloth, amidst frivolity, levity or idle chatter, but only in the joy of performing a precept." ~~ Talmud, Shabbat
"The world exists only because of the innocent breath of schoolchildren." ~~ Talmud, Shabbat