I never saw, heard, nor read, that the clergy were beloved in any nation where Christianity was the religion of the country. Nothing can render them popular, but some degree of persecution.

Jonathan Swift

Words are but wind; and learning is nothing but words; ergo, learning is nothing but wind.

Jonathan Swift

Better belly burst than good liquor be lost.

Jonathan Swift

No wise man ever wished to be younger.

Jonathan Swift

For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery.

Jonathan Swift

It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into.

Jonathan Swift