William Blake

The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.

The bird has its nest, the spider its web, the man friendship.

The one who feeds on repressed desires eventually rots.

Malicious truth is worse than a lie.

If the madman persisted in his madness, he would become wise.

He who becomes chained to a joy, destroys a free life; but he who kisses joy as it flies, lives the dawn of eternity.

Those who suppress desire do so because it is weak enough to be suppressed.

I will not reason, nor compare; my task is to create.

He who desires but does not act, breeds pestilence.

The man whose opinion never changes is like stagnant water, and breeds reptiles in his mind.

It is easier to forgive an enemy than a friend.