Titles
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Title "Tzurba MeiRabbanan [Young Torah Scholar]": Shabbat 118b, 119a, 121b, 139b, 151b; Eruvin 63a; Pesachim 62b; Taanit 4a; Moed Katan 16b, 17a [4x], 26b; Megillah 27a, 28a, 28b [2x]; Bava Metzia 19a, 23b, 24a, 42a
Title "Berebi [Leader of the Generation]": Nedarim 10a; Kiddushin 21b, 32b
The "Eshkol" people - People with Everything, Torah, Awe of Heaven and Generosity - learned Torah like Moshe himself: Temurah 15b
Wisdom
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Even the ordinary speech of a Scholar requires examination: Succah 21b
The level of one who memorizes but doesn't understand: Megillah 28b
Piety
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If you see a scholar sin in certain matters at night, know that by the next day he surely has repented: Berachot 19a
Gd imparts hidden information to those who have awe of Him ["Sod Hashem liYireiav"]: Sotah 4b, 10a; Niddah 20b
Merit and Importance
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sheidim Spirits are more pursuant of important people: Pesachim 110a
The Rain publicizes the merit of the Righteous and their Prayer: Ketuvot 5a
Torah Scholars are dubbed "Builders": Shabbat 114a
The Temple is their Creation: Ketuvot 5a
Their Death is the Converse of the Giving of the Torah: Ketuvot 17a-b
Their Eulogy is considered "public," as opposed to that of other individuals: Megillah 28b
Power
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Personal Power of Torah Scholars: Yoma 71a
Scholars stand out like Angels: Nedarim 20b
The power of a Torah scholar's curse, even if it is issued without cause: Makkot 11a
The power of a Torah scholar's curse, even if it is issued conditionally, and the condition does not come true: Makkot 11a
Other
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Deeds of the Righteous are with 2 hands, Deeds of Gd are with One: Ketuvot 5a
The Number of Righteous people in the World: Succah 45b
They are punished more stringently than those who don't learn: Bava Metzia 33b
They are punished for the Sake of the Generation: Ketuvot 8b
General Praise, from Several Celebrations of Rabbinic Ordination: Ketuvot 17a
The Righteous before the Manifestation of Gd are like candles before a Torch: Pesachim 8a
Torah Scholars will not find any peace, even in the World to Come: Moed Katan 29a
Like a seed germinating, once a young scholar begins to develop he will burst forth: Taanit 4a
The Jewish Sages outwitting the Athenian Sages: Bechorot 8b-9a