"There are,' said Curval, 'but two or three crimes to perform in this world, and they, once done, there's no more to be said; all the rest is inferior, you cease any longer to feel."

"One today, another tomorrow, you've got to be a whore, a whore in body and soul."

"There is a sum of evil equal to the sum of good, the continuing equilibrium of the world requires that there be as many good people as wicked people..."

"The only happiness we can enjoy is that which we procure for ourselves at the expense of others."

"Crime is the soul of lust. What would pleasure be if it were not accompanied by crime?"