No excellent soul is exempt from a mixture of madness.

No excellent soul is exempt from a mixture of madness.

I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.

I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.

Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

Some are born mad. Some remain so.

Some are born mad. Some remain so.

We are not ourselves
When nature, being oppressed, commands the mind
To suffer with the body.

We are not ourselves
When nature, being oppressed, commands the mind
To suffer with the body.

There has never been any great genius without a spice of madness.
[Lat., Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae read more

There has never been any great genius without a spice of madness.
[Lat., Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae fuit.]

.The insane, on occasion, are not without their charms

.The insane, on occasion, are not without their charms

I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies but not the madness of people.

I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies but not the madness of people.

Insanity is my only means of relaxation

Insanity is my only means of relaxation