Jonathan Swift — "The greatest wits, and the greatest fools, are equally innocent of the world."

"The world is a country which nobody ever yet knew by description."

"I am assured by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in London; that a young healthy child, well nursed, is, at a year old, a most delicious, nourishing, and wholesome food; whether stewed, roas…"

"A tavern is a place where madness is sold by the bottle."

"If a man would register all his opinions upon love, politics, religion, learning, etc., beginning from his youth, and so go on to old age, what a bundle of inconsistencies and contradictions would app…"

"I have been for some years past, working upon a great work, which I intend to publish, and it is a complete refutation of all that hath ever been written upon the subject of government."