"The more perverse a pleasure, the more refined it is."

"Virtue is but a mask which one puts on and takes off according to need."

"The universe is a chaos, and man is a part of that chaos."

"One today, another tomorrow, you've got to be a whore, a whore in body and soul."

"One would have to lose one's wits to believe in a God, and to become a complete imbecile to adore Him."