Jonathan Swift

Sir, I would like to know who the crazy person was who invented the kiss.

The best doctors in the world are: Dr. Diet, Dr. Rest, and Dr. Joy.

We have enough religion to hate each other, but not enough to love each other.

Most people are like pins: their heads are not the most important thing.

May you live every day of your life!

Freedom of conscience is understood today, not only as the freedom to believe what one wants, but also to be able to propagate that belief.

Ambition often leads people to perform the vilest tasks. That's why, to climb, the same posture is adopted as for crawling.

When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in confederacy against him.

When the devil is satisfied, he is a good person.

No wise man ever wished to be young.

Arbitrary power constitutes a natural temptation for a prince, like wine or women for a young man, or bribery for a judge, or greed for the old, or vanity for a woman.

Vision is the art of seeing the invisible things.