The power of fortune is confessed only by the miserable, for the happy impute all their success to prudence or merit.
Jonathan SwiftPatience alleviates, as impatience augments, pain; thus persons of strong will suffer less than those who give way to irritation.
Jonathan SwiftExploding many things under the name of trifles is a very false proof either of wisdom or magnanimity, and a great check to virtuous actions with regard to fame.
Jonathan Swift