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Jonathan Swift Quotes about Success

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

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

Jonathan Swift, Thomas Sheridan, John Nichols (1808). “Works”, p.380

Every dog must have his day.

Jonathan Swift (1860). “The Works of Jonathan Swift ...: With Copious Notes and Additions, and a Memoir of the Author”, p.513

The power of fortune is confessed only by the miserable, for the happy impute all their success to prudence or merit.

Jonathan Swift, Sir Walter Scott (1814). “The Works of Jonathan Swift: Miscellaneous essays”, p.436