Imaginary evils soon become real ones by indulging our reflections on them; as he who in a melancholy fancy sees something like a face on the wall or the wainscot can, by two or three touches with a lead pencil, make it look visible, and agreeing with what he fancied.
Jonathan SwiftThe affectation of some late authors to introduce and multiply cant words is the most ruinous corruption in any language.
Jonathan Swift