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

The key to the understanding and to the full comprehension of all that the Prophets have said is found in the knowledge of the figures, their general ideas, and the meaning of each word they contain.

He who immerses himself in sexual intercourse will be assailed by premature aging, his strength will wane, his eyes will weaken, and a bad odour will emit from his mouth and his armpits, his teeth will fall out and many other maladies will afflict him.

To the totality of purposes of the perfect Law there belong the abandonment, depreciation, and restraint of desires in so far as possible.

Lose with truth and right rather than gain with falsehood and wrong.

There are eight levels of charity.... The highest is when you strengthen a man's hand until he need no longer be dependent upon others.

Let nothing which can be treated by diet be treated by other means.