"Lycurgus, Numa, Moses, Jesus Christ, Mohammed, all these great rogues, all these great thought-tyrants, knew how to associate the divinities they fabricated with their own boundless ambition."

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

"I laugh at everything, because I am afraid of nothing."

"Even if she was the devil's own daughter, God strike me down if I never have her. May all the devils in hell make off with my soul if he lays a finger on her before I do!"

"Everything is permitted, provided it gives pleasure."