"There is no good or evil in nature, only force and necessity. It is men, in their arrogance, who dare to dictate laws to the universe, calling natural impulses 'virtue' or 'vice.' But nature knows no …"

"The greatest happiness is to be found in the contemplation of one's own wickedness."

"The greatest pleasure of life is love; the greatest luxury is being able to love."

"My only religion is pleasure."

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