"Even if she was the devil's own daughter, God strike me down if I never have her. May all the devils in hell make off with my soul if he lays a finger on her before I do!"

"There is nothing more delicious to see or do. I refer to both: for it is just as pleasant to spy upon someone as to want to be observed."

"I am a man of paradoxes, and I embrace them."

"I have always preferred the society of vice to that of virtue."

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