Jonathan Swift — "It is a maxim that a man who has made his fortune, may do what he pleases."

"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."

"The greatest inventions were at first but the objects of ridicule."

"One of the best rules in conversation is, never to say a thing which any of the company can reasonably wish had been left unsaid."

"The only difference between a wise man and a fool is, that the wise man knows himself to be a fool, and the fool knows himself to be wise."

"Falsehood flies, and the truth comes limping after it, so that when men come to be undeceived, it is too late; the jest is over, and the tale hath had its effect."