"If a poor man bakes a cake, any man that comes and snatches it from him is held wicked." ~~ Talmud, Kiddushin
"None of your honey, none of your sting! " ~~ Numbers (Bamidbar) R.
"Anger in a home is like rottenness in fruit." ~~ Talmud, Sota 3b
"More die from overeating than from undereating." ~~ Nachman of Bratslav
"Bread eaten in secret is tasty. " ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 9:17
"The wise man says: I will eat to live, and the fool says: I will live to eat." ~~ Orchot Tsadikim
"Who eats even plain bread and salt with his friend should be grateful to him." ~~ Tanna Deve Eliyahu R.
"The words of the Torah are compared to water, wine, and milk (Isaiah 55:1), because just as these are kept only in the simplest of vessels, so the Holy Words are preserved in the humblest of men." ~~ Talmud, Ta’anit 7a
"If your enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat, and if he be thirsty, water to drink! " ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 25:21
"Only the one who eats the dish knows how it tastes." ~~ Midrash Deuteronomy R.
"Like wine, the Torah pleases the heart and improves with age." ~~ Midrash, Sifre Deuteronomy 48
"Fie on those that rise early in the morning to run after strong drink and tarry late at eventide till wine inflames them!" ~~ Isaiah (Yesha’yahu) 5:11
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