"Nothing more unqualified the man to act..." - Quote by Jonathan Swift

“She 's no chicken; she 's on the wrong side of thirty, if she be a day.”

“A nice man is a man of nasty ideas.”

“In all assemblies, though you wedge them ever so close, we may observe this peculiar property, that over their heads there is room enough; but how to reach it is the difficult point. To this end the philosopher's way in all ages has been by erecting certain edifices in the air.”

“You will have many enemies, but even your foes will love you. Life will bring you many misfortunes, but you will find your happiness in them, and will bless life and will make others bless it-which is what matters most.”

“In misfortune, which friend remains a friend?”

“The higher man is distinguished from the lower by his fearlessness and his readiness to challenge misfortune.”

“And so in that very shame I suddenly begin a hymn.”

“We need never be ashamed of our tears.”

“Say, did you read what this writer just dug up in George Washington's diary? I was so ashamed I sat up all night reading it.”