“Too humble is half proud.”
“Charm is more than beauty.”
“The heart is half a prophet.”
“A half truth is a whole lie.”
“God gave burdens, also shoulders.”
“He who marries for money earns it.”
“True poverty does not come from God.”
“A nation's treasure is its scholars.”
“All of us are crazy in one way or another.”
“Better an ounce of luck than a pound of gold.”
“A wise man hears one word and understands two.”
אַ קלוגער פֿאַרשטײט פֿון אײן װאָרט צװײ
A kluger farshteyt fun eyn vort tsvey.
“One chops the wood, the other does the grunting.”
“In life, each of us must sometimes play the fool.”
“The girl who can't dance says the band can't play.”
“You cannot hold your head high with your hand out.”
“God will provide -- ah, if only He would till He does!”
“Gold's father is dirt, yet it regards itself as noble.”
“If you want your dreams to come true, don't over sleep.”
“If we cannot do what we will, we must will what we can.”
“A penny is a lot of money, if you have not got a penny.”
“It's astonishing how important a man becomes when he dies.”
“A man should go on living -- if only to satisfy his curiosity.”
“Some people are electrifying, they light up a room when they leave.”
“If you don't want to do something, one excuse is as good as another.”
“He who comes for the inheritance is often made to pay for the funeral.”
“If a man is destined to drown, he will drown even in a spoonful of water.”
“If you want to know what God thinks of money, look at the people he gives it to.”
“If the rich could hire other people to die for them, the poor could make a wonderful living.”