There has not been any great talent without an element of madness. -Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae fuit

It goes far toward making a man faithful to let him understand that you think him so; and he that does but suspect I will deceive him, gives me a sort of right to do so.

We suffer more often in imagination than in reality. [We must learn to control and focus the force of our imagination on the good, bright side so it is positive and constructive helping ourselves and others, rather than let its force focus on the bad, dark side so it is negative and destructive hurting ourselves and others!]

Such is the blindness, nay the insanity of mankind, that some men are driven to death by the fear of it.

He who has great power should use it lightly.

Refuse to let the thought of death bother you: nothing is grim when we have escaped that fear.

He will live ill who does not know how to die well.