Every great genius has an admixture of madness.
Man, as an originator of action, is a union of desire and intellect.
Wicked me obey from fear; good men,from love.
Again, the male is by nature superior, and the female inferior; and the one rules, and the other is ruled; this principle, of necessity, extends to all mankind.
Why is it that all men who are outstanding in philosophy, poetry or the arts are melancholic?
Whether we call it sacrifice, or poetry, or adventure, it is always the same voice that calls.