No one knows whom the shoe pinches - no one.

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

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

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

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

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

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.