When a madman appears thoroughly sane, indeed, it is high time to put him in a straight jacket.

Fill with mingled cream and amber, I will drain that glass again. Such hilarious visions clamber Through the chamber of my brain — Quaintest thoughts — queerest fancies Come to life and fade away; What care I how time advances? I am drinking ale today.

Men of genius are far more abundant than is supposed. In fact, to appreciate thoroughly the work of what we call genius, is to possess all the genius by which the work was produced.

...If you do not take it up with you in some way, I shall be under the necessity of breaking your head with this shovel

Out- out are the lights- out all! And, over each quivering form, The curtain, a funeral pall, Comes down with the rush of a storm, While the angels, all pallid and wan, Uprising, unveiling, affirm That the play is the tragedy, "Man," And its hero the Conqueror Worm.

I remained too much inside my head and ended up losing my mind.

To speak algebraically, Mr. M. is execrable, but Mr. G. is (x + 1)- ecrable.