It is difficult not to write satire.

The traveller with empty pockets will sing in the thief 's face.

No one ever reached the worst of a vice at one leap.

There is hardly a case in which the dispute was not caused by a woman.

For women's tears are but the sweat of eyes.

I wish it, I command it. Let my will take the place of a reason.

No one ever became extremely wicked suddenly.

Our virtues are most frequently but vices disguised.

Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another.

One globe seemed all too small for the youthful Alexander.

It is difficult not to write satire.

Censure acquits the raven, but pursues the dove.

Many individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior.

A child is owed the greatest respect; if you have ever have something disgraceful in mind, don't ignore your son's tender years.

All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.

It is not easy for men to rise whose qualities are thwarted by poverty.

Rare is the union of beauty and purity.

This is his first punishment, that by the verdict of his own heart no guilty man is acquitted.

Astrology reveals the will of the gods.

Every crime will bring remorse to the man who committed it.

Many commit the same crimes with a very different result. One bears a cross for his crime another a crown.

Great power which incites great envy hurls some men to destruction they are drowned in a long splendid stream of honors.

Today theres more fellowship among snakes than among mankind. Wild beasts spare those with similar markings.

Revenge is always the weak pleasure of a little and narrow mind.

Who watches the watchmen?

A lucky man is rarer than a white crow.

Luxury is more deadly than any foe.

Luxury destroys more efficiently than war.

When the mischief is done the door is shut.

So rare is the union of beauty with modesty.

One path alone leads to a life of peace. The path of virtue ..

We are too quick to imitate depraved examples.

Rare indulgence produces greater pleasure.

No one rejoices more in revenge than woman.

The tongue is the vile slave's vilest part.

The tongue is the worst part of a bad servant.

Examples of vicious courses practiced in a domestic circle corrupt more readily and more deeply when we behold them in persons in authority.

Your prayer must be for a sound mind in a sound body.

Tomorrow is a satire on today, And shows its weakness.

Verse satire indeed is entirely our own.

Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own.

Satire lies about literary men while they live and eulogy lies about them when they die.

We've managed to keep a spirit of fun, I guess, of urban satire and finding new and odd interesting angles to the ways of life to put on the stage.

I never wanted to do political satire because it seems too surface to me.

There is a place in this world for satire, but there is a time when satire ends and intolerance and bigotry toward religious beliefs... begins.

If you're going to get into social criticism with absurdity and satire, you can't be politically correct when you do that.

When you look at golf films before us they're all - garbage or satire. A lot of sports films tend to vilify the opposition. Where the opposition becomes this big angry monster, so big you can't beat him.

It is hard for power to enjoy or incorporate humour and satire in its system of control.

It seems like there's a lot of people who just do not understand satire. They think it's weird. There's people who just don't understand you portray something or just explore a character, it means you're condoning it, saying this is the way to live.