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“William (Marshal n.n.) gained great credit and patronage by his determined defense of Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine�� He was largely supported by royal patronage�� serving the Young King (Henry, son of Henry II) on the field of tournament and at court. The latter role may have been the more dangerous: his biographer claims that enemies falsely accused him of adultery with the wife of the Young King; some think it was a romantic invention�� If an accusation was in fact made, Marshal solved it as he did later when charges were brought against him at the court of King John: by challenging his accusers to fight, a challenge that they prudently avoided. It is fascinating to note that Lancelot, with a roughly contemporary beginning to a career in imaginative literature, would respond in just this fashion to charges against him. And the Young King, needing William`s martial skills (as Arthur needed those of Lancelot in romance), soon retained the great warrior in his service again.”
― Richard W. Kaeuper, Medieval Chivalry

“Ale máte pravdu. Opravdu jsem šílený, jsem nemocný. Trpím dějinami, trpím záchvaty historie, ano, ano, ale lepší záchvaty historie než hysterie, no ne?”
― Jaroslav Rudiš, Winterbergs letzte Reise

“A co ovocné knedlíky? Otec ovocné knedlíky miloval, stejně jako následník trůnu František Ferdinand... A co knedlíky jako takové? Na knedlíky se často zapomíná, stejně jako na Sasy, jenže co by byla naše střední Evropa bez knedlíků a bez Sasů? Ne, ne, na knedlíky a na Sasy se zapomínat nesmí.”
― Jaroslav Rudiš, Winterbergs letzte Reise