"I have always been a lover of good food and wine, and I have always enjoyed the finer things in life."

"The greatest happiness is to be loved for oneself, or, more correctly, to be loved in spite of oneself."

"The greatest pleasure is to be able to live one's life on one's own terms, and to be free from the constraints of society."

"I have always been a man of pleasure, but I have never been a man of vice."

"To conquer a woman, one must know how to make her laugh."