Ordinarily he was insane, but he had lucid moments when he was merely stupid.
The dead might as well try to speak to the living as the old to the young.
There are several good protections against temptations, but the surest is cowardice.
Refuse to be ill. Never tell people you are ill; never own it to yourself. Illness is one of those things which a man should resist on principle.
We bear the world and we make it... There was never a great man who had not a great mother - it is hardly an exaggeration.
Reality is nothing but a collective hunch.
Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable.