Coffee makes us severe, and grave, and philosophical. – Jonathan Swift
I have always a sacred veneration for anyone I observe to be a little out of repair in his person, as supposing him either a poet or a philosopher. – Jonathan Swift
Time is painted with a lock before, and bald behind, signifying thereby that we must take time by the forelock; for, when it is once past, there is no recalling it. – Jonathan Swift
Politics, as the word is commonly understood, are nothing but corruptions. – Jonathan Swift