"The only true religion is the religion of pleasure."

"Is it not a strange blindness on our part to teach publicly the techniques of warfare and to reward with medals those who prove to be the most adroit killers?"

"My philosophy is simple: pleasure is the only good, and pain is the only evil."

"My tastes are not general, I admit; but they are not criminal."

"I don't know what the heart is, not I: I only use the word to denote the mind's frailties."