When have you ever heard of a cantor or any artist turning anyone down when he is strongly urged to perform?

If somebody tells you you have ears like a donkey, pay no attention. But if two people tell you, buy yourself a saddle.

The worm in the radish doesn't think there is anything sweeter.

No matter how bad things get, you got to go on living, even if it kills you.

A bachelor is a man who comes to work each morning from a different direction.

One cannot live on potatoes alone. It is said that one wants bread with potatoes. And when there's no bread, a Jew takes his stick, and goes through the village in search of business.

Remember, you must not sleep at the Seder. If you do, Elijah the Prophet will come with a bag on his shoulders. On the two first nights of Passover, Elijah the Prophet goes about looking for those who have fallen asleep at the Seder, and takes them away in his bag.