"Wolves which batten upon lambs, lambs consumed by wolves, the strong who immolate the weak, the weak victims of the strong: there you have Nature, there you have her intentions, there you have her sch…"

"I don't know what the heart is, not I: I only use the word to denote the mind's frailties."

"Fuck! Is one expected to be a gentleman when one is stiff?"

"I am a man of my century, and I write for my century."

"The most delicious of all pleasures is to be in the wrong."