Politics is no exact science.
The less people know about how sausages and laws are made, the better they'll sleep at night
There are two things you don't want to see being made - sausage and legislation.
Great men have great dogs.
Beware of sentimental alliances where the consciousness of good deeds is the only compensation for noble sacrifices.
To retain respect for sausages and laws, one must not watch them in the making.