It is not necessary to bury the truth. It is sufficient merely to delay it until nobody cares.

In my youth I, too, entertained some illusions; but I soon recovered from them.

The poor man commands respect; the beggar must always excite anger.

Doctors will have more lives to answer for in the next world than even we generals.

If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon shots.

It strengthens the bonds between nations to have the same civil laws and the same monetary system.

The act of policing is, in order to punish less often, to punish more severely.