No man was ever so completely skilled in the conduct of life, as not to receive new information from age and experience.
Jonathan SwiftMen who possess all the advantages of life are in a state where there are many accidents to disorder and discompose, but few to please them.
Jonathan SwiftThe common fluency of speech in many men, and most women, is owing to a scarcity of matter and a scarcity of words; for whosoever is a master of language, and hath a mind full of ideas, will be apt, in speaking, to hesitate upon the choice of both.
Jonathan Swift