"Crime is the soul of lust. What would pleasure be if it were not accompanied by crime? It is not the object of debauchery that excites us, rather the idea of evil."

"Ah, Eugenie, have done with virtues!"

"When she's abandoned her moral center and teachings...when she's cast aside her facade of propriety and lady-like demeanor...when I have so corrupted this fragile thing and brought out a writhing, mew…"

"The only true wisdom is to know that you know nothing."

"Happiness lies only in that which excites, and the only thing that excites is crime."