Jonathan Swift — "I have spent my time in writing, and have not been a man of action."

"I am convinced that if all who are of the same opinion were to meet, the place of meeting would not be large enough to contain them."

"Complaint is the largest tribute Heaven receives, and the sincerest part of our devotion."

"It is computed, that eleven thousand persons have at several times suffered death, rather than submit to break their eggs at the smaller end."

"Undoubtedly, philosophers are in the right when they tell us that nothing is great or little otherwise than by comparison."

"Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through."