"The most beautiful of Nature's works is the human being in the throes of passion."

"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 …"

"Nothing quite encourages as does one's first unpunished crime."

"The idea of God is the sole wrong for which I cannot forgive mankind."

"I think that if there were a God, there would be less evil on this earth. I believe that if evil exists here below, then either it was willed by God or it was beyond His powers to prevent it. Now I ca…"