"A pleasant traveling companion helps us on our journey as much as a carriage." ~Jonathan Swift, Pastoral Dialogue (l. 7)
"A wise man should have money in his head, but not in his heart." ~Jonathan Swift
"Although the Devil be the father of lies, he seems, like other great inventors, to have lost much of his reputation by the continual improvements that have been made upon him." ~Jonathan Swift (1667-1745)
"And he gave it for his opinion, that whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass, to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put together." ~Jonathan Swift, Gulliver's Travels
"For the rest, whatever we have got has been by infinite labor, and search, and ranging through every corner of nature; the difference is that instead of dirt and poison, we have rather chosen to fill our hives with honey and wax, thus furnishing mankind with the two noblest of things, which are sweetness and light." ~Jonathan Swift
"He had been eight years upon a project for extracting sunbeams out of cucumbers, which were to be put into vials hermetically sealed, and let out to warm the air in raw, inclement summers." ~Jonathan Swift
“May you live all the days of your life.” ~Jonathan Swift
"Nothing is so hard for those who abound in riches as to conceive how others can be in want." ~Jonathan Swift (1667-1745)
"The happiness of married life is in making small sacrifices with gracefulness and cheerfullness." ~Jonathan Swift TFBFG 1998/mpw
“The rolling fictions grow in strength and size, Each author adding to the former lies.” ~Jonathan Swift
"We have enough religion to make us hate each other, but not enough to make us love each other." ~Jonathan Swift
"What they do in heaven we are ignorant of; what they do not do we are told expressly." ~Jonathan Swift (1667-1745)
"Whoever is out of patience is out of possession of his soul. Men must not turn into bees who kill themselves in stinging others" ~Jonathan Swift
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