Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich, a tragedy for the poor – Sholom Aleichem

No matter how bad things get you got to go on living, even if it kills you – Sholom Aleichem

A bachelor is a man who comes to work each morning from a different direction – Sholom Aleichem

The rich swell up with pride, the poor from hunger – Sholom Aleichem

Gossip is nature’s telephone – Sholom Aleichem

A cantor, when he starts singing, it’s like rain – once it starts, it’s hard to stop – Sholom Aleichem

When have you ever heard of a cantor or any artist turning anyone down when he is strongly urged to perform? Sholom Aleichem

No one knows whom the shoe pinches – no one – Sholom Aleichem

They say that children become men, and men become children. Many generations have grown up, become men, and gone hence – Sholom Aleichem

You can take a Jew out of a shtetl, but you cannot take a shtetl out of a Jew – Sholom Aleichem