Few are qualified to shine in company, but it is in most men's power to be agreeable.
Jonathan SwiftThere are few wild beasts more to be dreaded than a talking man having nothing to say.
Jonathan SwiftEvery age might perhaps produce one or two geniuses, if they were not sunk under the censure and obloquy of plodding, servile, imitating pedants.
Jonathan SwiftThe best Maxim I know in this life is, to drink your Coffee when you can, and when you cannot, to be easy without it. While you continue to be splenetic, count upon it I will always preach. Thus much I sympathize with you that I am not cheerful enough to write, for I believe Coffee once a week is necessary to that.
Jonathan Swift