47 Quotes by Sholom Aleichem

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

You see how it is, my dear friends. There's no pleasing everyone. It's hopeless to even try, and the more you play the peacemaker, the less peaceful things become.

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

I never turn down a drink. Among friends 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.

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

Barking dogs don't bite, but they themselves don't know it.

Each Jew must either give or take tzedakah [charity] for Passover.

A wise word is not a substitute for a piece of herring.

To make people laugh was almost a sickness with me.