Fools Are My Theme, Let Satire Be

Of All Tales 'tis The Saddest--and More Sad, Because It Makes Us Smile.

The Best Prophet Of The Future Is The Past.

Tis The Perception Of The Beautiful, A Fine Extension Of The Faculties, Platonic, Universal, Wonderful, Drawn From The Stars, And Filtered Through The Skies, Without Which Life Would Be Extremely Dull

I Have No Consistency, Except In Politics; And That Probably Arises From My Indifference To The Subject Altogether.

Lord Of Himself; That Heritage Of Woe!