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

"The true philosopher is he who knows how to enjoy himself without doing harm to others."

"I have always been a man of pleasure, and I have always sought pleasure wherever I could find it, even in the most dangerous situations."

"I never had any other object in view than to make my own life pleasant to myself, and I have always found that I was most so when I was able to procure pleasure for my fellow-creatures."

"The most beautiful woman in the world is not she who has the most beautiful body, but she who has the most beautiful soul."