Alas! when duty grows thy law, enjoyment fades away.

The great happiness of life, I find, after all, to consist in the regular discharge of some mechanical duty.

Satisfy a few to please many is bad. [Ger., Mach' es Wenigen recht; vielen gefallen ist schlimm.]

O jealousy! thou magnifier of trifles. [Ger., O der alles vergrossernden Eifersucht.]

Paradoxically though it may seem, it is none the less true that life imitates art far more than art imitates life.

An imitative creature is man; whoever is foremost, leads the herd. [Ger., Der Mensch ist ein nachahmendes Geschopf. Und wer Vorderste ist, fuhrt die Heerde.]