Jonathan Swift — "I have always been a great admirer of the proverb, 'Necessity is the mother of i…"

"Conversation is but carving; Carve for all, yourself is starving: Give no more to every Guest, Than he's able to digest; Give him always of the Prime; And but little at a Time. Carve to all but just e…"

"Censorship is the tool of those who have to hide what they think and what they do."

"The reason why so few marriages are happy, is, because young ladies spend their time in making nets, not in making cages."

"The commonest things are the most useful; which shows the wisdom of God, who has made them common."

"Promises and pie-crusts are made to be broken."