You want to be paid as well, you virtuous! You want reward for virtue, and heaven for earth, and eternity for your today?
What good is a book that does not even transport us beyond all books?
That, however, is - mediocrity, though it be called moderation.
An attack on the roots of passion means an attack on the roots of life.
Winter, a bad guest, sitteth with me at home; blue are my hands with his friendly handshaking
Art is the proper task of life.