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

A cantor, when he starts singing, it's like rain - once it starts, it's hard to stop.

Playing nuts is a game like any other, neither better than tops, nor worse than cards. The game is played in various ways. There are 'holes' and 'bank' and 'caps.' But every game finishes up in the same way. One boy loses, another wins. And, as always, he who wins is a clever fellow, a smart fellow, a good fellow.

You can take a Jew out of a shtetl, but you cannot take a shtetl out of a Jew.

If somebody tells you that you have ears like a donkey, pay no attention. But if two people tell you so, buy yourself a saddle.

When you die, others who think they know you, will concoct things about you... Better pick up a pen and write it yourself, for you know yourself best.