127 Jewish Proverbs / Page 2
21. Beware of the person who gives you advice according to his own interests.
22. Charity is the spice of riches.
23. Commit a sin twice and it will not seem a crime.
24. Do not ask questions of fairy tales.
25. Do not be wise in words - be wise in deeds.
26. Do not make yourself so big, you are not so small.
27. Do not meet troubles half-way.
28. Don't approach a goat from the front, a horse from the back, or a fool from any side.
29. Don't ask questions of fairy tales.
30. Don't be sweet, lest you be eaten up; don't be bitter, lest you be spewed out.
31. Don't be too sweet lest you be eaten up; don't be too bitter lest you be spewed out.
32. Don't be too sweet, or else you will be eaten up; but don't be too bitter, or else you will be spitted out.
33. Don't live in a town where there are no doctors.
34. Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
35. Don't look for more honor than your learning merits.
36. Don't make a fence more expensive or more important than what it is fencing.
37. Don't make a mountain out of a molehill.
38. Don't make a toil of pleasure.
39. Don't open a shop unless you know how to smile.
40. Don't pick a wasp out of a cream-jug.