Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through.
Jonathan SwiftWhat we call the Irish Brogue is no sooner discovered, than it makes the deliverer, in the last degree, ridiculous and despised; and, from such a mouth, an Englishman expects nothing but bulls, blunders, and follies.
Jonathan SwiftAll fits of pleasure are balanced by an equal degree of pain or languor; it is like spending this year part of the next year's revenue.
Jonathan Swift