“I wear my Pen as others do their Sword. To each affronting sot I meet, the word is Satisfaction: straight to thrusts I go, and pointed satire runs him through and through.” Defence of satire as a weapon of redress · Satire upon a Printer Courage Satire Writing
“Lord of myself, accountable to none, but to my conscience, and my God alone.” Claim of personal moral independence · Satire addressed to a Friend Conscience Independence Self
