"Nothing we can do outrages Nature directly. Our acts of destruction give her new vigour and feed her her energy, but none of our wreckings can weaken her power."

"The greatest pleasure of all is to give pain."

"The more I know men, the more I admire dogs."

"It has, moreover, been proven that horror, nastiness, and the frightful are what give pleasure when one fornicates. Beauty is a simple thing ugliness is the exceptional thing. And fiery imaginations, …"

"Nothing is as encouraging as a first crime that goes unpunished."