It is difficult not to write satire. – Juvenal

A cynic is not merely one who reads bitter lessons from the past; he is one who is prematurely disappointed in the future. – Sydney J. Harris

A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin. – H. L. Mencken

By rights, satire is a lonely and introspective occupation, for nobody can describe a fool to the life without much patient self-inspection. – Frank Moore Colby