"The most beautiful thing in the world is a woman in tears."

"The most delicious of all pleasures is to be in the wrong."

"I am a writer, and I write to shock."

"Nature has granted me a temperament that is too ardent, a soul too impetuous, a character too strong, for me to be able to submit to the yoke of any laws."

"Fuck! Is one expected to be a gentleman when one is stiff?"