A wise man should have money in his head, but not in his heart.

Quote by Jonathan Swift

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Politics, as the word is commonly understood, are nothing but corruptions.

Politics, as the word is commonly understood, are nothing but corruptions.

Invention is the talent of youth, as judgment is of age.

Invention is the talent of youth, as judgment is of age.

My nose itched, and I knew I should drink wine or kiss a fool.

My nose itched, and I knew I should drink wine or kiss a fool.

Censure is the tax a man pays to the public for being eminent.

Censure is the tax a man pays to the public for being eminent.

Reason is a very light rider, and easily shook off

Reason is a very light rider, and easily shook off

May you live all the days of your life.

May you live all the days of your life.

Some people take more care to hide their wisdom, than their folly.

Some people take more care to hide their wisdom, than their folly.

Men are happy to be laughed at for their humor, but not for their folly.

Men are happy to be laughed at for their humor, but not for their folly.

Books, the children of the brain.

Books, the children of the brain.

The best doctors in the world are Doctor Diet, Doctor Quiet, and Doctor Merryman.

The best doctors in the world are Doctor Diet, Doctor Quiet, and Doctor Merryman.

We have enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love...

We have enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love...

The want of belief is a defect that ought to be concealed when it cannot...

The want of belief is a defect that ought to be concealed when it cannot...

Most sorts of diversion in men, children and other animals, are in imitation of fighting.

Most sorts of diversion in men, children and other animals, are in imitation of fighting.

I have almost done with harridans, and shall soon become old enough to fall in...

I have almost done with harridans, and shall soon become old enough to fall in...

A wise person should have money in their head, but not in their heart.

A wise person should have money in their head, but not in their heart.

Politics, as the word is commonly understood, are nothing but corruption.

Politics, as the word is commonly understood, are nothing but corruption.

I wonder what fool it was that first invented kissing.

I wonder what fool it was that first invented kissing.

He was a fiddler, and consequently a rogue.

He was a fiddler, and consequently a rogue.

Where there are large powers with little ambition... nature may be said to have fallen...

Where there are large powers with little ambition... nature may be said to have fallen...

I never saw, heard, nor read, that the clergy were beloved in any nation where...

I never saw, heard, nor read, that the clergy were beloved in any nation where...