Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others.
I have only one ambition left: I should like to have a good epitaph.
With bad laws and good civil servants it's still possible to govern. But with bad civil servants even the best laws can't help.
The less people know about how sausages and laws are made, the better they'll sleep at night
To retain respect for sausages and laws, one must not watch them in the making.
Nothing should be left to an invaded people except their eyes for weeping.