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.]

I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.

I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.

Though this be madness, yet there is method in't.

Though this be madness, yet there is method in't.

Some are born mad. Some remain so.

Some are born mad. Some remain so.

The distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success.

The distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success.

There is a thin line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line.

There is a thin line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line.

But the devil when he purports any evil against man, first
perverts his mind.
[Lat., At daemon, homini read more

But the devil when he purports any evil against man, first
perverts his mind.
[Lat., At daemon, homini quum struit aliquid malum,
Pervertit illi primitus mentem suam.]

Facts are God's arguments; we should be careful never to misunderstand or pervert them.

Facts are God's arguments; we should be careful never to misunderstand or pervert them.

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!