A kind word is no substitute for a piece of herring or a bag of oats.

I will never permit myself to give in to American taste and lower the standards of art.

Ah, how many luxuries has the good God prepared for his Jewish children.

Love is a taste of paradise.

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.

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

Here lies a plain and simple Jew who wrote in plain and simple prose.