"Repulsion is the sentry that guards the gate to all that we most desire."

"The only difference between me and a madman is that I am not mad"

"It is not necessary for the public to know whether I am joking or whether I am serious, just as it is not necessary for me to know it myself."

"Have no fear of perfection -- you will never reach it."

"There is only one difference between a madman and me. I am not mad."

"I don't do drugs: I am drugs."

"What we must decide is how we are valuable rather than how valuable we are."

"The crux... is that the vast majority of the mass of the universe seems to be missing."

"To establish oneself in the world, one has to do all one can to appear established."

"He that speaketh against his own reason speaks against his own conscience, and therefore it is certain that no man serves God with a good conscience who serves him against his reason."

"Being another character is more interesting than being yourself."

"A large part of virtue consists in good habits."