Yiddish proverbs

With money in your pocket, you are wise and you are handsome and you sing well, too.

Don't approach a goat from the front, a horse from the back or a fool from any side.

Never approach a goat from the front, a horse from behind, and a fool from both sides.

The best horse needs a whip, intelligent men need advice, and devout women need a man.

The heart of a man may be compared to a sausage; no one can tell exactly what's inside.

Lend everyone your ears, give a hand to your friends but give your lips only to a woman.

What can you do with a good cow that gives a lot of milk and then kicks the bucket over?

If you find your friend on the sofa at home with your wife, you had better sell the sofa.

If the rich could hire other people to die for them, the poor could make a wonderful living.

If I dealt in candles, the sun wouldn't set; if I dealt in shrouds, people would stop dying.

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