Jewish Proverb

"A half-truth is a whole lie. "

"Ask about your neighbors, then buy the house. "

"Don't be sweet, lest you be eaten up don't be bitter, lest you be spewed out. "

"Don't live in a town where there are no doctors. "

"Don't look for more honor than your learning merits. "

"Don't open a shop unless you know how to smile. "

"God could not be everywhere, and therefore he created mothers. "

"He that can't endure the bad, will not live to see the good. "

"He who puts up with insult invites injury. "

"If God lived on earth, people would break his windows. "

"If the rich could hire someone else to die for them, the poor would make a wonderful living. "

"If you can't go over, you must go under. "

"Just as courage imperils life, fear protects it. "

"Look for the good, not the evil, in the conduct of members of the family. "

"Make sure to be in with your equals if you're going to fall out with your superiors. "

"Never trust the man who tells you all his troubles but keeps from you all his joys. "

"People come to poverty in two ways accumulating debts and paying them off. "

"Rejoice not at thine enemy's fall - but don't rush to pick him up either. "

"The innkeeper loves a drunkard, but not for a son-in-law. "

"The only truly dead are those who have been forgotten. "

"Truth is the safest lie. "

"What you don't see with your eyes, don't invent with your mouth. "

"With money in your pocket you are wise, you are handsome, and you sing well too. "

"Worries go down better with soup than without. "

"You can't force anyone to love you or lend you money. "

"Your friend has a friend don't tell him. "