"Men at work are not obliged to stand up when a sage passes by. [Other men are.]" ~~ Talmud, Kiddushin 33a
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"Who answers Amen with all his might, to him the gates of Paradise are open." ~~ Talmud, Shabbat
"Untutored old men—the older they get, the greater their folly; scholarly old men, the older they get, the steadier their mind." ~~ Talmud, Shabbat
"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
"Our passions are like travelers: at first they make a brief stay; then they are like guests, who visit often; and then they turn into tyrants, who hold us in their power." ~~ Talmud, Sukkah 52b