“If things are not as you wish, wish them as they are.”

One old friend is better than two new ones.

From success to failure is one step; from failure to success is a long road.

To every answer you can find a new question.

The pen wounds deeper than an arrow.

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.