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It's not as good with money as it is bad without it.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about money, bad luck, bad, good, good luck

The schlemiel lands on his back and bruises his nose.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish

When you have left a country, you have left everyone.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about country, contentment

The heart is small and embraces the whole wide world.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about world, heart

If things are not as you wish, wish them as they are.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about wish, things, contentment

Words show the wit of a man, but actions his meaning.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about word, man

Drive the horse with oats, not with curses and oaths.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish

A fool who can keep silent is counted among the wise.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish

A person should stay alive, if only out of curiosity.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about curiosity, people

A man too good for the world is no good for his wife.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about wife, world, good, good luck, man

Ask advice from everyone, but act with your own mind.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about advice, mind

Not everyone who sits in the seat of honor is master.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish

If you pray for another, you will be helped yourself.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about pray, contentment

The whole world is a dream, and death the interpreter.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about dream, death, world

The longest road is the one that leads to your pocket.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish

When luck joins in the game, cleverness scores double.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about games, bad luck, good luck

God will provide -- ah, if only He would till He does.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about god

A penny is a lot of money--if you haven't got a penny.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about haven, money, contentment

Gold's father is dirt, yet it regards itself as noble.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish

Better a slap from a wise man than a kiss from a fool.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about kiss, man