The innkeeper loves the drunkard but not for a son-in-law.
Ask not for a lighter load but for broader shoulders
Sleep faster we need the pillows.
'For example' is not proof.
Truth is the safest lie.
Pride is the mask of one's own faults.
Good men need no recommendation and bad men it wouldn't help.
An antisemite is a person who hates Jews more than is absolutely necessary.
A half-truth is a whole lie.
Do not make yourself so big. You are not so small.
Worries go down better with soup than without.
With money in your pocket you are wise and you are handsome and you sing well too.
When you have no choice mobilize the spirit of courage.
The hardest work is to go idle.
The poor schlemiel is a man who falls on his back and breaks his nose.
Make sure to send a lazy man for the Angel of Death.
What you don't see with your eyes don't invent with your tongue.
If the rich could hire other people to die for them the poor would make a wonderful living.
You can't force anyone to love you or to lend you money.