662 Quotes by Jonathan Swift

The example alone of a vicious prince will corrupt an age; but that of a good one will not reform it.

For want of room by Virgo's side, she'll strain a point, and sit astride, to take thee kindly in between; and then the signs will be thirteen.

He at fit periods walk through Aries, however our earthly motions varies.

Or darns his hose, or mends his breeches, While Harry's fencing up his ditches.

I have heard of a man who had a mind to sell his house, and therefore carried a piece of brick in his pocket, which he showed as a pattern to encourage purchasers.

One of the best rules of conversation is, never to say a thing which any of the company can reasonably wish had been left unsaid.

No length of time can make you quit / Honour and virtue, sense and wit, / Thus you may still be young to me, / While I can better hear than see; / Oh, ne'er may fortune show her spite, / To make me deaf, and mend my sight.

No length of time can make you quit, / Honour and virtue, sense and wit, / Thus you may still be young to me, / While I can better hear than see; / Oh, ne'er may fortune show her spite, / To make me deaf, and mend my sight.

All's well, what's a rainy day? / Never mind that cloud, behind that cloud you'll find a golden ray.