"You young maidens, too long constrained by a fanciful Virtue's absurd and dangerous bonds and by those of a disgusting religion, imitate the fiery Eugénie; be as quick as she to destroy, to spurn all …"

"It is always by means of crimes that empires are founded."

"The greatest pleasure is to be misunderstood."

"The greatest pleasure a man can have is to make a woman suffer."

"The greatest pleasure of all is to give pain."