You can take a Jew out of a shtetl, but you cannot take a shtetl out of a Jew.
No matter how bad things get, you got to go on living, even if it kills you.
When have you ever heard of a cantor or any artist turning anyone down when he is strongly urged to perform?
Gossip is nature's telephone.
Barking dogs don't bite, but they themselves don't know it.
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.