It is madness beyond compare To try to reform the world.

All the satires of the stage should be viewed without discomfort. They are public mirrors, where we are never to admit that we seeourselves; one admits to a fault when one is scandalized by its censure.

Some of the most famous books are the least worth reading. Their fame was due to their having done something that needed to be doing in their day. The work is done and the virtue of the book has expired.

As the purpose of comedy is to correct the vices of men, I see no reason why anyone should be exempt.

It infuriates me to be wrong when I know I'm right.

I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores.

Assassination's the fastest way.