“When the heart is full it runs out of the eyes.”

“This is an ugly and mean world, and only to spite it we mustn't weep. If you want to know, this is the constant source of my good spirit, of my humor. Not to cry, out of spite, only to laugh out of spite, only to laugh.”

“There is nothing in the world, I tell you, so maddening as a person who doesn't answer when you abuse him. You shout and you scold, you are ready to burst a gut, and he stands there and smiles....”

“No matter how bad things get, you've got to go on living, even if it kills you.”

“The worm in the radish doesn't think there is anything sweeter.”

“I never turn down a drink. Among friend's it's always appropriate. A man is only a man as they say but brandy is still brandy. You'll find that in the Talmud too.”

“Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich, a tragedy for the poor.”