“Hope for miracles, but don’t rely on one.”

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.

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

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.

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.