Great Throughts Treasury

"Don't be fooled by external appearances - find the real value."

"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."

"Don't be quick to get angry; rage is found in the bosom of fools."

"Don't blow your own horn/trumpet."

"Don't boast of tomorrow, for you know not what a day will bring."

"Don't buy a cat in the sack."

"Don't be sweet, lest you be eaten up don't be bitter, lest you be spewed out."

"Don't buy a pig in a poke."

"Don't give me the honey and spare me the sting."

"Don't do to another what is hated by you."

"Don't buy an uncertain good."

"Don't live in a town where there are no doctors."

"Don't look a gift horse in the mouth."

"Don't make a fence more expensive or more important than what it is fencing."

"Don't look at the jar, but at what's inside it."

"Don't judge a book by its cover."

"Don't make a mountain out of a molehill"

"Don't look for more honor than your learning merits."

"Don't open a shop unless you know how to smile."

"Don't open your mouth to Satan!"

"Don't pick a wasp out of a cream-jug."

"Don't make a toil of pleasure."

"Don't put your trust in princes, or the sons of men; there is no salvation in them."

"Don't visit auctions if you have no money."

"Don't trust someone who tells you all of his troubles and keeps you from all of his joys."

"Dreams give wings to fools."

"Don't sell the sun to buy a candle."

"Equality of man is an empty phrase so long as it does not exist among the world's people."

"Eat vegetables and fear no creditors, rather than eat duck and hide."

"Dress up a broom and it will look nice too."

"Even a bear can be taught to dance."

"Even a fox, if it is his hour, bow down before him!"

"Even if a fool remains silent, he is considered wise."

"Even if a sharp sword were laid to the neck of man, let him not cease from praying!"

"Even the most expensive clock still shows sixty minutes in every hour."

"Even though she painted not her eyes with stibium, nor painted her cheeks with rouge, neither braided her hair, she is still a damsel of exceptional beauty!"

"Every delay is for the best."

"Even though the occasion no longer presents itself, or has long since been cancelled, the Rabbinic enactment which followed in suit has not been cancelled."

"Ever since the fall of the holy temple, it has come to be that prophecy was taken away from the prophets, and given to the infants and the fools"

"Even when a sharp sword rests on your neck, don't give up on mercy."

"Every one fears a goat from in front, a horse from the rear and a fool on every side."

"Every penny counts."

"Exile atones for all things."

"Exploit the opportunity while it still exists."

"Faith is not a whole series of axioms but a whole way of life."

"Far from the eye - far from the heart."

"First learn, then form opinions."

"First mend yourself, and then mend others."

"Flock of a feather stick together, and the son of man with his own kind."

"First improve yourself, and then judge others."