“Turning a manuscript into a book is easy; getting the manuscript ready to become a book is hard.”

“It's as hard to get from almost finished to finished as to get from beginning to almost done.”

“To get profit without risk, experience without danger, and reward without work, is as impossible as it is to live without being born.”

“Es enthält leider nicht eine Spur von Phrase, wenn man sagt, dass der opferreichste Feldzug nicht soviel Männer hingemordet hat als zahlreiche wahnwitzige Moden im Verlaufe ihrer Herrschaft Frauen zur Strecke gebracht haben.”

“Great nations write their autobiographies in three manuscripts - the book of their deeds, the book of their words and the book of their art.”

“What a fine weather today! Can’t choose whether to drink tea or to hang myself.”

“Den der har evnen, har også forpligtelsen”