Let us put Germany, so to speak, in the saddle! you will see that she can ride.

Laws are like sausages. You sleep far better the less you know about how they are made.

Politics ruins the character.

In England the more horses a nobleman has, the more popular he is. So long as the English are devoted to racing, Socialism has no chance with you.

I have found that nothing so deceives your adversaries as telling them the truth.

Beware of sentimental alliances where the consciousness of good deeds is the only compensation for noble sacrifices.

Faust complained about having two souls in his breast, but I harbor a whole crowd of them and they quarrel. It is like being in a republic.