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

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

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.

To go to the synagogue with one's father on the Passover eve - is there in the world a greater pleasure than that? What is it worth to be dressed in new clothes from head to foot, and to show off before one's friends? Then the prayers themselves - the first Festival evening prayer and blessing.

To make people laugh was almost a sickness with me.

A bachelor is a man who comes to work each morning from a different direction.

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