"Wise people are never less alone than..." - Quote by Jonathan Swift

“'T is an old maxim in the schools, That flattery 's the food of fools; Yet now and then your men of wit Will condescend to take a bit.”

“All panegyrics are mingled with an infusion of poppy.”

“Philosophy! the lumber of the schools.”

“Both looked back then on the wild revelry...and they lamented that it had cost them so much of their lives to find the paradise of shared solitude.”

“The reason for my starting a diary is that I have no real friend.”

“As much as I love my family, I enjoy it when the house is empty, because then I know I'm truly alone, as we all are on the planet, after all. Every atom in us is originally from a star. And during my moments of aloneness, I'm most mindful of that; that I'm just another group of matter randomly but wonderfully arranged. That's when I feel my immortality.”

“I advance in life, I grow more simple, and I become more and more patriotic for humanity.”

“When we deliberate it is about means and not ends.”

“If you can't get rid of the skeleton in your closet, you'd best teach it to dance.”