A Kind Word Is No Substitute For

To Go To The Synagogue With One's Father On The Passover Eve - Is There In The World A Greater Pleasure Than That? What Is It Worth To Be Dressed In New Clothes From Head To Foot, And To Show Off Before One's Friends? Then The Prayers Themselves - The First Festival Evening Prayer And Blessing.

Here Lies A Plain And Simple Jew Who Wrote In Plain And Simple Prose.

To Make People Laugh Was Almost A Sickness With Me.

Playing Nuts Is A Game Like Any Other, Neither Better Than Tops, Nor Worse Than Cards. The Game Is Played In Various Ways. There Are 'holes' And 'bank' And 'caps.' But Every Game Finishes Up In The Same Way. One Boy Loses, Another Wins. And, As Always, He Who Wins Is A Clever Fellow, A Smart Fellow, A Good Fellow.

A Real Pleasure Is A Pleasure That One Enjoys By One's Self, Without A Companion, And Without A Single Argument.