"One would have to lose one's wits to believe in a God, and to become a complete imbecile to adore Him."

"There is no more lively sensation than that of pain; its impressions are certain and dependable, they never deceive as may those of the pleasure women perpetually feign and almost never experience."

"I prefer the madness of passion to the wisdom of indifference."

"Virtue, for me, is merely a word."

"The only true religion is the religion of pleasure."