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

Fools are my theme, let satire be my song. – Lord (George Gordon) Byron

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

It is difficult not to write satire. – Juvenal