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

Gossip is nature’s telephone – 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

It is an old custom amongst Jewish children, to become war-like on the ‘L’ag Beomer.’ They arm themselves from head to foot with wooden swords, pop-guns and bows and arrows. They take food with them, and go off to wage war. Sholom Aleichem

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