One of the greatest sorrows of human existence is that some people aren't happy merely to be alive but find their happiness only in the misery of others.

Unreason is an essential medicine as long as you do not overdose.

Any drunk who has tried to put his car where a lamppost stands is a self-educated physicist.

Don't tell me what's necessary, you presumptupus pup. What's necessary is whatever I wish to do, regardless of how unnecessary it might be.

Intuition is seeing with the soul.

Always, beneath every apparent chaos, order waits to be revealed.

Not all or even most suffering is at the hands of fate; it befalls us at our invitation.