The whole object of the Prophets and the Sages was to declare that a limit is set to human reason where it must halt.

A small amount of wine such as three or four glasses is of benefit for the preservation of the health of human beings and an excellent remedy for most illnesses.

Do not consider it proof just because it is written in books, for a liar who will deceive with his tongue will not hesitate to do the same with his pen.

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

Those who grieve find comfort in weeping and in arousing their sorrow until the body is too tired to bear the inner emotions.

We suffer from the evils which we, by our own free will, inflict on ourselves and ascribe them to God, who is far from being connected with them!

The physician should not treat the disease but the patient who is suffering from it