"There is no better way to know death than to link it with some licentious image."

"The greatest pleasure is to be misunderstood."

"Crimes of passion are the most interesting."

"What are all the pleasures of the senses compared to the infinite joys of the spirit?"

"Ah, a little of this, a little of that, it's my life's happiness, you know. I've not much patience with mild or tidy pleasures."