An appeal to fear never finds an echo in German hearts.
Politics is not a science, as the professors are apt to suppose. It is an art.
I have seen three emperors in their nakedness, and the sight was not inspiring.
There are two things you don't want to see being made - sausage and legislation.
The less people know about how sausages and laws are made, the better they'll sleep at night
I have often regretted what I have eaten, but never what I have drunk.