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.

The rich swell up with pride, the poor from hunger.

Playing nuts is a game like any other, neither better than tops, nor worse than cards. The game is played in various ways. There are 'holes' and 'bank' and 'caps.' But every game finishes up in the same way. One boy loses, another wins. And, as always, he who wins is a clever fellow, a smart fellow, a good fellow.

They say that children become men, and men become children. Many generations have grown up, become men, and gone hence.

Without love our life is ... a ship without a rudder ... like a body without a soul.

You see how it is, my dear friends. There's no pleasing everyone. It's hopeless to even try, and the more you play the peacemaker, the less peaceful things become.

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