"The greatest beauty is to be found in deformity."

"I think that if there were a God, there would be less evil on this earth. I believe that if evil exists here below, then either it was willed by God or it was beyond His powers to prevent it. Now I ca…"

"The essence of pleasure is in its excess."

"It is utterly misguided to say that the mouth of a woman or young boy must be absolutely clean in order to give pleasure; putting all manias to one side, I shall grant you if you wish that a man who c…"

"The more atrocious a crime is, the more it flatters one's vanity."