"Where there are no men, try to be a man." ~~ Sayings of the Fathers, 2:6
"The man whose good deeds exceed his wisdom is like a tree with few branches and many roots: all the raging winds will not move him." ~~ Sayings of the Fathers 3:17
"The more Torah, the more life." ~~ Hillel in Sayings of the Fathers 2:7
"Don’t crave to sit at the table of a king; your own table is better—and so is your crown." ~~ Sayings of the Fathers 6:5
"Be very careful in teaching, for an error in teaching is tantamount to a willful transgression." ~~ Sayings of the Fathers 4:13
"One mitzva (good deed) leads to another, just as one averah (sin) leads to another." ~~ Sayings of the Fathers
"Make your home an assembling place for the wise, and drink their words with zeal." ~~ Sayings of the Fathers 1:4
"Where there is no knowledge there can be no insight, and where there is no insight there can be no knowledge." ~~ Sayings of the Fathers 3:2
"Good men are hard to provoke and easy to calm." ~~ Sayings of the Fathers, 4:21
"Judge every man charitably." ~~ Sayings of the Fathers, 1:6
"He who honors the Torah is honored by mankind." ~~ Sayings of the Fathers 4:6
"There are four types [of students]: the sponge, the funnel, the strainer, and the sifter: The sponge soaks up everything; the funnel takes in at one ear but lets out at the other; the strainer lets pass the wine and retains the lees; and the sifter holds back the coarse flour and collects the fine." ~~ Sayings of the Fathers 5:15