Satire is the disease of art.
Society would be a charming affair if we were only interested in one another.
The threat of a neglected cold is for doctors what the threat of purgatory is for priests-a gold mine.
If it wasn't for me, I'd do brilliantly.
There are more fools than wise men, and even in a wise man there is more folly than wisdom.
Whoever is not a misanthrope at forty can never have loved mankind.