"Nature has made us perverse, and we are only following her dictates."

"Nature has granted me a right to satisfy all my desires."

"The greatest pleasure is to be free from all constraints."

"To judge from the notions expounded by theologians, one must conclude that God created most men simply with a view to crowding hell."

"I have spent my life in prisons, and I have found the solitude to be a great source of inspiration."