"God has a special providence for fools, drunkards, and the United States of America."

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

"I have only one ambition left: I should like to have a good epitaph."

"I have always found that the best way to get rid of an enemy is to make him a friend."

"We Germans fear God, and nothing else in the world."