Jewish proverbs

A good son-in-law is like the acquisition of a new son; a bad one is like the loss of your daughter.

Your friend has a friend, and your friend's friend has another friend -- so know when to keep quiet.

He that does not bring up his son to some honest calling and employment, brings him up to be a thief.

Don't be too sweet, or else you will be eaten up; but don't be too bitter, or else you will be spitted out.

One should not stand at the foot of a sick person's bed, because that place is reserved for the guardian angel.

There is no book that contains absolutely nothing bad, and there is no book that contains absolutely nothing good.

When con men meet a legitimately honest man, they are so bewildered that they consider him a greater con man than themselves.

What you give for the cause of charity in health is gold; what you give in sickness is silver; what you give after death is lead.

Among those who stand, do not sit; among those who sit, do not stand. Among those who laugh, do not weep; among those who weep, do not laugh.

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