Falsehood flies, and the truth comes limping after it, so that when men come to be undeceived, it is too late; the jest is over, and the tale hath had its effect.
Gulliver's Travels
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"I have always held the principle that a nation should be governed by laws, and not by the caprice of a monarch."
Humorous"What they do in heaven we are ignorant of; what they do not we are told expressly: that they neither marry, nor are given in marriage."
Humorous"The only difference between a wise man and a fool is that a wise man knows he is a fool, and a fool thinks he is wise."
Humorous"Dogs have at least the advantage over men, that they discover their friends, and bark at their enemies."
Strange & Unusual"It is an old maxim, that a wise man may change his mind, a fool never."
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