What vexes me most is, that my female friends, who could bear me very well a dozen years ago, have now forsaken me, although I am not so old in proportion to them as I formerly was: which I can prove by arithmetic, for then I was double their age, which now I am not. Letter to Alexander Pope. 7 Feb. 1736.
Jonathan SwiftThe worthiest people are the most injured by slander, as is the best fruit which the birds have been pecking at.
Jonathan SwiftPoor nations are hungry, and rich nations are proud; and pride and hunger will ever be at variance.
Jonathan SwiftIf a man will observe as he walks the streets, I believe he will find the merriest countenances in mourning coaches.
Jonathan Swift