You can take a Jew out of a shtetl, but you cannot take a shtetl out of a Jew.

When the heart is full it runs out of the eyes.

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.

A wise word is not a substitute for a piece of herring.

Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich, a tragedy for the poor.

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

I never turn down a drink. Among friends it’s always appropriate. A man is only a man as they say, but brandy is still brandy. You’ll find that in the Talmud too.