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

There are people who have never been taught anything, and know everything, have never been anywhere, and understand everything, have never given a mo….

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

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

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

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

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

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

It is an old custom amongst Jewish children, to become war-like on the 'L'ag Beomer.' They arm themselves from head to foot with wooden swords, pop-g….

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 ….

Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich, a tragedy for the poor..

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 th….

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 'ban….

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

No matter how bad things get, you got to go on living, even if it kills you..

This is an ugly and mean world, and only to spite it we mustn't weep. If you want to know, this is the constant source of my good spirit, of my humor….

When the heart is full it runs out of the eyes..

Gossip is nature's telephone..

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 ….

If you listen carefully, you get to hear everything you didn't want to hear in the first place..

Love is a taste of paradise..