You can make more friends in two months by becoming really interested in other people, than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.

His show at one time held the highest ratings among adults in his time slot. His favorite saying was: "Courts are made for judges and lawyers". Segments were often bracketed by Meltzer delivering aphorisms or reciting moralizing poetry ("What shall we do with grandma now that Bernard Meltzer's old and gray?") in his distinctive smooth soothing quiet voice.