"[…] one should accept the truth from whatever source it proceeds."

"There is one [disease] which is widespread, and from which men rarely escape. This disease varies in degree in differ…"

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

"We are obligated to be more scrupulous in fulfilling the commandment of charity than any other positive commandment b…"

"One who is in a dying condition is regarded as a living person in all respects. It is not permitted to bind his jaws,…"

"There shall always be much silence in a man's conduct. He shall speak only about a matter concerned with wisdom or ma…"

"Silence is a fence around wisdom."

"A man shall not be full of laughter and mockery, nor sad and mournful, but joyful. ... His desire shall not be so gre…"

"No matter how small his portion, let him rejoice in it."

"Actions are divided as regards their object into four classes; they are either purposeless, unimportant, or vain, or …"