THE ONLY THING THAT DISGUSTS ME IN SALZBURG IS THAT YOU CAN’T HAVE GOOD SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH THESE PEOPLE AND THAT MUSIC DOESN’T HAVE A BETTER REPUTATION… FOR I ASSURE YOU, WITHOUT TRAVEL, AT LEAST FOR PEOPLE IN THE ARTS AND SCIENCES, WE ARE AN UNHAPPY CREATURE!… A MAN WITH MEDIOCRE TALENTS ALWAYS REMAINS MEDIOCRE, WHETHER HE TRAVELS OR NOT, BUT A MAN WITH SUPERIOR TALENTS, WHOM I CANNOT DEPRIVE MYSELF OF HAVING WITHOUT BEING BLASPHEMOUS, BECOMES BAD, IF HE ALWAYS STAYS IN THE SAME PLACE. IF THE ARCHBISHOP TRUSTED ME, I WOULD SOON MAKE HIS MUSIC FAMOUS; THAT’S PROBABLY TRUE.