A cantor, when he starts singing, it's like rain - once it starts, it's hard to stop.

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.

A real pleasure is a pleasure that one enjoys by one's self, without a companion, and without a single argument.

No one knows whom the shoe pinches - no one.

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.

Barking dogs don't bite, but they themselves don't know it.

Each Jew must either give or take tzedakah [charity] for Passover.