Ludwig Tieck

“ Oh well, I can hardly expect people to desert every day; and I certainly cannot rely on my children, they're good kids and they have the best of intentions, but when all is said and done, they're rather hopeless. My life consists of nothing but work; drawing beer, filling glasses, rinsing out the empties, and now I even have to reap corn. To live is to work. ”

“ How is one to get rich quick if unexpected fortunes are no longer to made out of passing monarchs? If I were a king, I wouldn't dream of opening my mouth to anyone without first putting some money in his hand. — Simple peasant! Would to God it were a simple matter to pay off all my debts. [2] — But that's what comes of these modern sentimental depictions of country life. Even a powerful king like that is jealous of our sort. ”

“ A scholar who once passed this way said that to live well you must be prepared to forego sleep, because when fate comes knocking on your door, you will not hear it if you're asleep in bed. Certainly, that chap must never have been tired or had a good night's sleep, because as far as I'm concerned there is nothing as delightful or as excellent as sleep. ”