It is a common calamity; at some one time we have all been mad.
[Lat., Id commune malum; semel read more

It is a common calamity; at some one time we have all been mad.
[Lat., Id commune malum; semel insanivimus omnes.]

In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane.

In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane.

It shall be so.
Madness in great ones must not unwatched go.

It shall be so.
Madness in great ones must not unwatched go.

There is a pleasure, sure,
In being mad, which none but madmen know!

There is a pleasure, sure,
In being mad, which none but madmen know!

Like men condemned to thunderbolts,
Who, ere the blow, become mere dolts.

Like men condemned to thunderbolts,
Who, ere the blow, become mere dolts.

I wouldn't recommend sex, drugs or insanity for everyone, but they've always worked for me.

I wouldn't recommend sex, drugs or insanity for everyone, but they've always worked for me.

For those whom God to ruin has designed
He fits for fate, and first destroys their mind.

For those whom God to ruin has designed
He fits for fate, and first destroys their mind.

I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.

I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.

For me, insanity is super sanity. The normal is psychotic. Normal means lack of imagination, lack of creativity.

For me, insanity is super sanity. The normal is psychotic. Normal means lack of imagination, lack of creativity.