A wise man is a greater asset to a nation than a king.

It is better and more satisfactory to acquit a thousand guilty persons than to put a single innocent one to death.

Inspire me with love for my art and for thy creatures. In the sufferer let me see only the human being.

For it is said, "You shall strengthen the stranger and the dweller in your midst and live with him," that is to say, strengthen him until he needs no longer fall upon the mercy of the community or be in need.

God who preceded all existence is a refuge.

I will destroy my enemies by converting them to friends.

Anticipate charity by preventing poverty; assist the reduced fellow man, either by a considerable gift or a sum of money or by teaching him a trade or by putting him in the way of business so that he may earn an honest livelihood and not be forced to the dreadful alternative of holding out his hand for charity. This is the highest step and summit of charity's golden ladder.