Not every man remembers the name of the cow which supplied him with each drop of milk he has drunk.

Through these offices it was my privilege to get to know almost every Jewish person, and those whom I did not come to know through these offices I came to know through love and a desire to know my brethren, the members of my people.

Every man has three characters - that which he exhibits, that which he has, and that which he thinks he has.

Our sages of blessed memory have said that we must not enjoy any pleasure in this world without reciting a blessing.

The beginnings of my studies also came to me from my father, as well as from the Rabbinical Judge of our town. But they were preceded by three tutors under whom I studied, one after the other, from the time I was three and a half till I turned eight and a half.

If we eat any food, or drink any beverage, we must recite a blessing over them before and after.