Insanity was not unknown among the wealthy. Indeed, some forms of madness had sometimes been cultivated as fashionable accessories. - Matt Hughes

The direct approach is not always the wisest strategy, as those who have fallen off mountains can testify.

"I have a plan."
"What kind of plan?"
"A daring and bold one," he said.
"Is that wise?"
"It has to be that kind of plan. It's that kind of cosmos."

Gathering himself together, he asked the dwarf, “Was all this in some way planned and predetermined?”
Gaskarth turned upon the young man a thoughtful gaze. “There are those who say that all is planned, to the placement of the last mote and mite. There are others who say that nothing is purposed, and that the galaxies themselves swing where they will. And then there are some, like me, who prefer to walk on, saying as little as possible.”