"The only way to escape from the miseries of life is to forget them, and the best way to forget them is to indulge in pleasure."

"I consider it my duty to be happy, and I seek happiness wherever I can find it."

"My errors will point a moral for mankind, while my good deeds will serve as an example."

"The man who seeks to educate himself must first read, then travel."

"I have always been of the opinion that a woman who is not a fool is not a woman, for folly is a woman's greatest charm."