I have some state secrets I will take with me to paradise.

Power wears out those who don't have it

I recognize my limits but when I look around I realise I am not living exactly in a world of giants.

You sin in thinking bad about people - but, often, you guess right.

Power tires only those who do not have it.

I love Germany so much that I preferred when there were two.

In church I feel very close to the publican of the parable.

Power is a disease one has no desire to be cured of.

Apart from the Punic Wars, I've been blamed for just about everything.

In politics, sunny days and rainy days can change very quickly.

My conscience is clear, because I know that in my conscience and in front of God I am guilty of nothing. I hope human justice will see at the same way.

The leadership of engagement begins by reconnecting to the physicality and the people of a company, not simply its spreadsheet. It all begins in the workplace.

A three-year old was examining his testicles while taking a bath. 'Mom,' he asked,'are these my brains?' 'Not yet.' she replied.

Biologically speaking, if something bites you it's more likely to be female.

It takes a certain amount of guts to go to your class reunions.

If I finish tomorrow and look back on the past years, I' d say, 'that wasn't bad'.

Because there's one thing stronger than magic: sisterhood.

Your life is too important to give it to distractions.

Suddenly the drunken sweetheart appeared out of my door. She drank a cup of ruby wine and sat by my side. Seeing and holding the lockets of her hair My face became all eyes, and my eyes all hands.

If then we have Angels, let us be sober, as though we were in the presence of tutors; for there is a demon present also.

Lightly from fair to fair he flew, And loved to plead, lament, and sue; Suit lightly won, and short-lived pain, For monarchs seldom sigh in vain.