| C.N. Douglas, comp. Forty Thousand Quotations: Prose and Poetical. 1917. | | | | Talmud |
| | | A tree in the desert is still a tree. | 1 |
| He who promiseth runs in debt. | 2 |
| Iron sharpens iron; scholar, the scholar. | 3 |
| The deeper the sorrow, the less tongue hath it. | 4 |
| The world is only saved by the breath of the school children. | 5 |
| Throw no stones into the well whence you have drunk. | 6 |
| When a thief has no opportunity for stealing, he considers himself an honest man. | 7 |
| Who is strong? He who subdues his passions. | 8 | | |
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