"Men who possess all the advantages of..." - Quote by Jonathan Swift

“Live every day as your last, because one of these days, it will be.”

“No man of honor, as the word is usually understood, did ever pretend that his honor obliged him to be chaste or temperate, to pay his creditors, to be useful to his country, to do good to mankind, to endeavor to be wise or learned, to regard his word, his promise, or his oath.”

“Whence proceeds this weight we layOn what detracting people say?Their utmost malice cannot makeYour head, or tooth, or finger ache;Nor spoil your shapes, distort your face,Or put one feature out of place.”

“It's much easier for me to make major life, multi-million dollar decisions, than it is to decide on a carpet for my front porch. That's the truth.”

“Profits are better than wages.”

“He is the rich man in whom the people are rich, and he is the poor man in whom the people are poor; and how to give access to themasterpieces of art and nature, is the problem of civilization.”

“Philosophy first constructs a scheme of happiness and then tries to fit the world to it.”

“Happiness and confidence are the prettiest things you can wear”

“Friendship is the heaven of life.”