And future deeds crowded round us as the countless stars in the night. [Ger. , Und kunftige Thaten drangen wie die Sterne Rings um uns her unzahlig aus der Nacht. ]
The harsh, useful things of the world, from pulling teeth to digging potatoes, are best done by men who are as starkly sober as so many convicts in the death-house, but the lovely and useless things, the charming and exhilarating things, are best done by men with, as the phrase is, a few sheets in the wind.