"Men are happy to be laughed at..." - Quote by Jonathan Swift

“Such a man, truly wise, creams off Nature leaving the sour and the dregs for philosophy and reason to lap up.”

“There are certain common privileges of a writer, the benefit whereof, I hope, there will be no reason to doubt; particularly, that where I am not understood, it shall be concluded, that something very useful and profound is couched underneath; and again, that whatever word or sentence is printed in a different character, shall be judged to contain something extraordinary either or wit of sublime.”

“No man will take counsel, but every man will take money. Therefore, money is better than counsel.”

“I like hearing myself talk. It is one of my greatest pleasures. I often have long conversations all by myself. Sometimes I am so clever I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.”

“A married philosopher is a comic character.”

“Americans will feed anyone that's not close to them.”

“The stupidity of men always invites the insolence of power.”

“Captain of our fairy band, Helena is here at hand, And the youth, mistook by me, Pleading for a lover's fee. Shall we their fond pageant see? Lord, what fools these mortals be!”

“Life with Fools consists in Drinking; with the wise Man, living's Thinking.”