Ten Yiddish proverbs:
- Father in Heaven, don't raise me up, don't cast me down.
- An ounce of luck is worth more than a pound of gold.
- If not for the light, there would be no shadow.
- So it goes in this world: one has the purse, the other has the money.
- Talking isn't barking.
- If a horse knew how small a man is compared to it, it would trample him.
- Bad fortune follows the poor man.
- From tale-bearing and secrets run as from ghosts.
- The heaviest burden is an empty pocket.
- A gentle word can break a bone.