Dignity, high station, or great riches, are in some sort necessary to old men, in order to keep the younger at a distance, who are otherwise too apt to insult them upon the score of their age.
Jonathan SwiftNo man will take counsel, but every man will take money. Therefore, money is better than counsel.
Jonathan SwiftRhetoric in serious discourses is like the flowers in corn; pleasing to those who come only for amusement, but prejudicial to him who would reap profit from it.
Jonathan SwiftNothing more unqualified the man to act with prudence than a misfortune that is attended with shame and guilt.
Jonathan Swift