Commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still.

The same is the case with those opinions of man to which he has been accustomed from his youth; he likes them, defends them, and shuns the opposite views.

There is no difference between the pain of humans and the pain of other living beings, since the love and tenderness of the mother for the young are not produced by reasoning, but by feeling, and this faculty exists not only in humans but in most living beings.

Work before eating, rest after eating. Eat not ravenously, filling the mouth gulp after gulp without breathing space.

The business conduct of the disciples of wise men is truthful and faithful.... He does not allow himself to be made a surety or a guarantor and does not accept the power of attorney.... He lends money and is gracious. He shall not take away business from his fellow man.

In accordance with the divine wisdom, genesis can only take place through destruction.

Anticipate charity by preventing poverty.