"Patience alleviates, as impatience augments, pain; thus..." - Quote by Jonathan Swift

“A man should never be ashamed to own that he has been in the wrong, which is but saying... that he is wiser today than yesterday.”

“A fig for partridges and quails, ye dainties I know nothing of ye; But on the highest mount in Wales Would choose in peace to drink my coffee.”

“For poetry, he's past his prime,He takes an hour to find a rhyme;His fire is out, his wit decayed,His fancy sunk, his muse a jade.I'd have him throw away his pen,But there's no talking to some men.”

“We shall progress inch by inch.”

“While eating your appetizer, don't be concerned with dessert.”

“Things take the time they take. Don't worry.”

“Alas! it is a fearful thingTo feel another's guilt!”

“If at any moment Time stays his hand, it is only when we are delivered over to the miseries of boredom.”

“As my sufferings mounted I soon realized that there were two ways in which I could respond to my situation -- either to react with bitterness or seek to transform the suffering into a creative force. I decided to follow the latter course.”