Some are born mad. Some remain so.

Some are born mad. Some remain so.

What is more insane than to vent on senseless things the anger
that is felt towards men?
[Lat., read more

What is more insane than to vent on senseless things the anger
that is felt towards men?
[Lat., Quid est dementius quam bilem in homines collectam in res
effundere.]

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.

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.

But when Fate destines one to ruin it begins by blinding the eyes
of his understanding.

But when Fate destines one to ruin it begins by blinding the eyes
of his understanding.

Insanity is my only means of relaxation

Insanity is my only means of relaxation

O, hark! what mean those yells and cries?
His chain some furious madman breaks;
He comes--I see read more

O, hark! what mean those yells and cries?
His chain some furious madman breaks;
He comes--I see his glaring eyes:
Now, now, my dungeon grate he shakes.
Help! Help! He's gone!--O fearful woe,
Such screams to hear, such sights to see!
My brain, my brain,--I know, I know
I am not mad but soon shall be.

Oh! thou who are greatly mad, deign to spare me who am less mad.
[Lat., O major tandem parcas, read more

Oh! thou who are greatly mad, deign to spare me who am less mad.
[Lat., O major tandem parcas, insane, minori.]

Who then is sane? He who is not a fool.
[Lat., Quisnam igitur sanus? Qui non stultus.]

Who then is sane? He who is not a fool.
[Lat., Quisnam igitur sanus? Qui non stultus.]