Quotes by Swift, Jonathan

I never saw, heard, nor read, that the clergy were beloved in any nati >>

Happiness is a perpetual possession of being well deceived. >>

Whoever wishes to win in this game must have patience and money, since >>

Quotations about Friends and Friendship

When all is said and done, friendship is the only trustworthy fabric o >>

Do not tell a friend anything you would conceal from an enemy. >>

Old friends are best. King James used to call for his old shoes; they >>

Your notions of friendship are new to me; I believe every man is born with his quantum, and he cannot give to one without robbing another. I very well know to whom I would give the first place in my friendship, but they are not in the way, I am condemned to another scene, and therefore I distribute it in pennyworths to those about me, and who displease me least, and should do the same to my fellow prisoners if I were condemned to a jail.

Swift, Jonathan