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

- Sholom Aleichem

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

- Sholom Aleichem

If somebody tells you you have ears like a donkey, pay no attention. But if two people tell you, buy yourself a saddle.

- Sholom Aleichem

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…

- Sholom Aleichem

Gossip is nature's telephone.

- Sholom Aleichem

Love is a taste of paradise.

- Sholom Aleichem

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

- Sholom Aleichem

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 …

- Sholom Aleichem

A wise word is not a substitute for a piece of herring.

- Sholom Aleichem