I'll publish right or wrong. Fools are my theme, let satire be my song.
It is folly for an eminent person to think of escaping censure, and a weakness to be affected by it. All the illustrious persons of antiquity, and indeed of every age, have passed through this fiery persecution. There is no defense against reproach but obscurity; it is a kind of concomitant to greatness, as satires and invectives were an essential part of a Roman triumph.
Satire's my weapon, but I'm too discreet To run amuck, and tilt at all I meet.
You can't make up anything anymore. The world itself is a satire. All you're doing is recording it.