“But he who knows what insanity is, is sane; whereas insanity can no more be sensible of its own existence, than blindness can see itself.”

If I keep my good character, I shall be rich enough.

Familiarity breeds contempt, while rarity wins admiration.

A Mercury is not made out of any block of wood.

Venus herself, if she were bold, would not be Venus.

Poverty is the discoverer of all the arts.

It is a difficult matter to keep love imprisoned.

Of all the calamities to which humanity is subject, none is so dreadful as insanity. … All experience shows that insanity seasonably treated is as certainly curable as a cold or a fever.

I do like taking stuff seriously that a lot of people look at as nonsense. I enjoy the insanity of that. And I like the commitment that is needed for that.

So many people are insanely busy nowadays, and it’s easy to say, ‘Ah, I’ll workout tomorrow.’ But you have to set aside a time and stick to that schedule.

I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they’ve always worked for me.

Insanity is a legal term. Crazy is an art form.

When one person suffers from a delusion, it is called insanity. When many people suffer from a delusion it is called Religion.

Insanity is coasting through life in a miserable existence when you have a caged lion locked inside and the key to release it.

Let me tell you something my friend. Hope is a dangerous thing. Hope can drive a man insane.