"The burden is equal to the horse's strength."
- The Talmud
"Ambition destroys its possessor."
- Talmud
"Would that life were like the shadow cast by a wall or a tree but it is like the shadow of a bird in flight."
"A wife is the joy of a man's heart."
"When love is strong a man and a woman can make their bed on a sword's blade. When love grows weak a bed of 60 cubits is not large enough."
"Don't use the conduct of a fool as a precedent."
"If I am not for myself who will be for me? If I am not for others who am I for? And if not now when?"
"Where love is no room is too small."