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"Better an ounce of luck than a pound of gold." ~~ Yiddish Proverb

"Even a paranoid has some real enemies. " ~~ Henry A. Kissinger

"Good bread cannot be baked out of bad wheat." ~~ Mishle Yisrael

"Panic is like a whistle; it whistles for trouble to come." ~~ Eliezer Steinman

"For everything there is a season and a time for every purpose under the heavens." ~~ Ecclesiastes (Kohelet) 3:1

"The short way is the straight way." ~~ Or Zaru’a

"Wisdom is a good inheritance." ~~ Mivchar Hapeninim

"The crown of a good name is greater than the crown of learning." ~~ Sayings of the Fathers 3:13

"When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people. " ~~ Abraham Joshua Heschel

"If you talk too much, you’ll say what you didn’t intend to." ~~ (adapted from) Proverbs (Mishle)

"Be the master good or bad, the servant is still a servant." ~~ Achad Ha’am

"If you grasp too much, you cannot hold it; when you take a little, you can." ~~ Talmud, Rosh Hashanah 4b