"I have always been a lover of pleasure, and I have always sought to experience all that life has to offer."

"The only way to be truly rich is to have no needs."

"The greatest pleasure is to be able to make one's own choices, and to live with the consequences."

"The true philosopher is he who knows how to enjoy himself without doing harm to others."

"I consider the man who is master of himself to be more fortunate than he who is master of the world."