I am better than my reputation
The iron chain and the silken cord are both equally bonds.
Satisfy a few to please many is bad.
Accursed be he who plays with the devil.
Utility is the great idol of the age, to which all powers must do service and all talents swear allegiance. In this great balance of utility, the spiritual service of art has no weight, and, deprived of all encouragement, it vanishes from the noisy Vanity Fair of our time.
Disappointments are to the soul what a thunderstorm is to the air.