In marriage, the occasional catastrophic crisis is easier to manage than the daily routine.
Scientific method: There's a madness in the method.
My own best books have not been published. In fact, they've not even been written yet.
In social affairs, I'm an optimist. I really do believe that our military- industrial civilization will soon collapse.
If the world is irrational, we can never know it -- either it or its irrationality.
As a confirmed melancholic, I can testify that the best and maybe only antidote for melancholia is action. However, like most melancholics, I suffer also from sloth.