"Conspiracy! Intrigue! A rapidly thickening plot! Add some bestiality and a lecherous priest and I'd say you have the beginnings of a beautiful novel."

"Even if she was the devil's own daughter, God strike me down if I never have her. May all the devils in hell make off with my soul if he lays a finger on her before I do!"

"It is always by way of pain that one arrives at pleasure."

"The essence of pleasure is in its excess."

"The more I see of men, the more I love dogs."