Paradise is exactly like where you are right now... only much, much better.
The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.
Ordinarily he was insane, but he had lucid moments when he was merely stupid.
I think people want their illusions and writers are mostly illusion. When you read their words, you read a flattened, incomplete version of the writer.
Never rely on the glory of the morning nor the smiles of your mother-in-law.
Insanity in individuals is something rare - but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.
I was gratified to be able to answer promptly. I said I don't know.