Physicians still retain something of their priestly origin; they would gladly do what they forbid.

People who love sausage and people who believe in justice should never watch either of them being made

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

Whoever speaks of Europe is wrong: it is a geographical expression.

I do not regard the procuring of peace as a matter in which we should play the role of arbiter between different opinions ... more that of an honest broker who really wants to press the business forward.

Earthly majesty is always akin to the fallen angel, who is proud and unhappy, beautiful but troubled, and whose plans and efforts, though vast, are denied access.

The less people know about how sausages and laws are made, the better they'll sleep at night