“Before you start up a ladder, count the rungs.”

Better a Jew without a beard than a beard without a Jew.

With time even a bear can learn to dance.

You can’t make cheesecakes out of snow.

Who talks a lot, talks about himself.

If you’re healthy, you’re wealthy.

Nothing tastes bitterer than the truth.

Not all nice things are dear, but those that are dear are nice.

The heaviest burden is an empty pocket.

By day they’re ready to divorce, by night they’re ready for bed.

The nearer to the synagogue, the farther from God.

You cannot hold your head high with your hand out.

You are ushered in according to your dress; shown out according to your brains.

When God wants to punish an idiot, He teaches them a few words of Hebrew.

Someone who can hold on to his money is worth more than the one who earns it.

Better ruined ten times than dead once.

Better ten times ill than one time dead.