A mitzvah that costs money is worth more than one that costs nothing.
Whenever a treaty of peace is signed, God is present.
Just as your hand, held before the eye, can hide the tallest mountain, so this small earthly life keeps us from seeing the vast radiance that fills the core of the universe.
Before reciting his prayers, a man should give to charity.
A drunkard cannot plead his case.
Where there is no compassion, crime increases.