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

You reproach your daughter, but you mean your daughter-in-law.

The truly rich are those who enjoy what they have.

You can’t put thank you in your pocket.

Better the best of the worst than the worst of the best.

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

Who wins first, loses last.

Money buys everything but good sense.

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

If it must always be better, it can never be good enough.

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.