"They were written after you moved over here, and they were good stuff.

You needn't think because you quit, the whole world put up its shutters and went out of business.

I did a few things myself which I fancy you never heard of." "Oh, as for that," retorted Doctor Johnson, with a smile, "I've heard of you; you are the man who wrote the life of Frederick the Great in nine hundred and two volumes--" "Seven!" snapped Carlyle.
"Well, seven then," returned Johnson.

"I never saw the work, but I heard Frederick speaking of it the other day.

Bonaparte asked him if he had read it, and Frederick said no, he hadn't time.