But I like my madness. There is a thrill in it unknown to such sanity as yours. ~ Book 1, Chapter 9.

When all is said, a man's final judgment of his fellows must be based upon his knowledge of himself

Thirstily he set it to his lips, and as its cool refreshment began to soothe his throat, he thanked Heaven that in a world of much evil there was still so good a thing as ale.

To do what you imply would require nothing short of divine intervention. You must change man, not systems.

It came to Mr. Blood, as he trudged forward under the laden apple-trees on that fragrant, delicious July morning, that man—as he had long suspected—was the vilest work of God, and that only a fool would set himself up as a healer of a species that was best exterminated.

I am very poor - for a know nothing, understand nothing. It is not a calamitous condition until it is realized.

A man must sometimes laugh at himself or go mad,’ said he. ‘Few realize it. That is why there are so many madmen in the world.