"I preach nothing but pleasure, and I practice what I preach."

"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 …"

"The only true morality is to live according to one's own desires."

"Conversation, like certain portions of the anatomy, always runs more smoothly when lubricated."

"Cruelty, very far from being a vice, is the first sentiment Nature injects in us all."