“Beware of still water, a still dog, and a still enemy.”

The cold strengthens you more than hunger.

When one comes to comfort a young widow, he does not mean to perform a good deed.

What can you do with a good cow that gives a lot of milk and then kicks the bucket over

When Dame Fortune calls, offer her a chair.

Lost years are worse than lost dollars.

Old age, to the unlearned, is winter; to the learned, it’s harvest time.

What you don’t see with your eyes, don’t invent with your mouth.

Small children won’t let you sleep, bigger children won’t let you live.

When both parties are right, it’s a bad day for “right.”

You can throw a cat whoever you want; it always falls on its feet.

Make new friends, but don’t forget the old ones.

Everyone is kneaded out of the same dough but not baked in the same oven.

Give me, Lord, my daily bread, I will get my own brandy.

The rabbi drinks the wine and asks the others to be happy.

Men would not be richer for being miserly; generosity does not make a man poorer.

One old friend is better than two new ones.