“Yiddish is a cheerful language of not so happy people.”
“I think sometimes people think cheerful is a synonym for dumb, so no one is ever cheerful.”
“The banjo is such a happy instrument--you can't play a sad song on the banjo - it always comes out so cheerful.”
“Becky, are you studying conversational Yiddish?”
“So much happiness is caged in language, ready to burst out anytime and fade”
“Man must be happy, as happy as a poor child cheerfully playing with his poor toy!”