M ake sure to be in with your equals if you’re going to fall out with your superiors.

Jewish Proverb quote, Judaism Traditional Proverb

M en worry over the loss of their possessions, not over the loss of their years—which never return.

Jewish Proverb quote, Judaism Traditional Proverb

H e that can’t endure the bad, will not live to see the good.

Jewish Proverb quote, Judaism Traditional Proverb

Y our enemy’s enemy is your friend.

Jewish Proverb quote, Judaism Ladino Proverb

W hen God is with you, fear not foe!

Jewish Proverb quote, Judaism Ladino Proverb

T he darkest hour of night heralds break of dawn.

Jewish Proverb quote, Judaism Ladino Proverb

D on’t open a shop unless you know how to smile.

Jewish Proverb quote, Judaism Traditional Proverb

W hatever has not happened in a thousand years may happen the next moment.

Jewish Proverb quote, Judaism Ladino Proverb

R ejoice not at thine enemy’s fall – but don’t rush to pick him up either.

Jewish Proverb quote, Judaism Traditional Proverb

B etter an easy death than a hard life.

Jewish Proverb quote, Judaism Yiddish Proverb

T he man who has confidence in himself gains the confidence of others.

Jewish Proverb quote, Judaism Hasidic Proverb

T here is no book that has not something bad in it, none that has not something good.

Jewish Proverb quote, Judaism Traditional Proverb

N one should stand up to pray save in sober mood; the pious men of old used to wait an hour before they said their prayer, that they might direct their heart toward God.

Jewish Proverb quote, Judaism Berakhot 5:1

T he man who cannot survive bad times will not see good times.

Jewish Proverb quote, Judaism Hasidic Proverb

A young tree bends, an old tree breaks.

Jewish Proverb quote, Judaism Yiddish Proverb

D eath does not knock at the door.

Jewish Proverb quote, Judaism Yiddish Proverb

B etter to get from God by the spoonful than from Man by the bushel.

Jewish Proverb quote, Judaism Yiddish Proverb

Y ou don’t put the cat in charge of the cream.

Jewish Proverb quote, Judaism Yiddish Proverb

D on't make a toil of pleasure.

Jewish Proverb quote, Judaism

W hoever teaches his son teaches not only his son but also his son's son, and so on to the end of generations.

Jewish Proverb quote, Judaism

W ho seeks more than he needs hinders himself from enjoying what he has.

Jewish Proverb quote, Judaism

S ilence is a fence around wisdom.

Jewish Proverb quote, Judaism

I f a word be worth one shekel, silence is worth two.

Jewish Proverb quote, Judaism

H e who feels no compassion will become insane.

Jewish Proverb quote, Judaism Hasidic