"I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best."

"The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. Resist it, and your soul grows sick with longing for the things it has forbidden to itself, with desire for what its monstrous laws have made…"

"There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it."

"Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about."

"I can believe anything, provided that it is quite incredible."