"Every man desires to live long, but..." - Quote by Jonathan Swift

“It may pass for a maxim in State, that the administration cannot be placed in too few hands, nor the legislature in too many.”

“When a man of genius appears in the world, it is immediately recognized by the fact that all the blockheads join forces against him.”

“He was a fiddler, and consequently a rogue.”

“That's the whole meaning of life, isn't it? Trying to find a place for your stuff.”

“The best work we can all do is create the highest vision possible for our lives and be led by that vision to the greatest good.”

“You cannot, in human experience, rush into the light. You have to go through the twilight into the broadening day before the noon comes and the full sun is upon the landscape.”

“As the years go on, you see changes in yourself, but you've got to face that - everyone goes through it... Either you have to face up to it and tell yourself you're not going to be eighteen all your life, or be prepared for a terrible shock when you see the wrinkles and white hair. Getting older doesn't frighten me, but I wish I didn't have to because I like life a lot.”

“Music, I suppose, will be the thing that sustains me in the time of my life when I am too old for sex and not quite ready to meet God. It has always been an essential part of me.”

“Fifty years old, 212 fights, and I'm still pretty.”