Almost every famous person at least once in their life said something that was remembered by the society, and considered meaningful, important or just funny. Those quotations can be mentioned in various situations. Often they are used in speeches or in a humorous way. In order to find some of them grub around.
The talmud
Date: October 28, 2007
Until a child is one year old it is incapable of sin.
He who carries out one good deed acquires one advocate in his own behalf, and he who commits one transgression acquires one accuser against himself. Repentance and good works are like a shield against calamity.
Customs are more powerful than laws.
Beware of too much laughter, for it deadens the mind and produces oblivion.
Never expose yourself unnecessarily to danger; a miracle may not save you...and if it does, it will be deducted from your share of luck or merit.
For the sake of peace one may lie, but peace itself should never be a lie.
Hold no man responsible for what he says in his grief.
Whoever destroys a single life is as guilty as though he had destroyed the entire world; and whoever rescues a single life earns as much merit as though he had rescued the entire world.
Humor the sons of the poor, for they give science its splendor.
Live well. It is the greatest revenge.
He that gives should never remember, he that receives should never forget.
Man has three friends on whose company he relies. First, wealth which goes with him only while good fortune lasts. Second, his relatives; they go only as far as the grave, leave him there. The third friend, his good deeds, go with him beyond the grave.
Who can protest and does not, is an accomplice in the act.
God said: you must teach, as I taught, without a fee.