"There is no God, Nature sufficeth unto herself; in no wise hath she need of an author."

"I cannot bring myself to fear a God who is either spiteful or weak. I defy him without fear and care not a fig for his thunderbolts."

"I am a man of paradoxes, and I embrace them."

"Nature has granted me a temperament that is too ardent, a soul too impetuous, a character too strong, for me to be able to submit to the yoke of any laws."

"There is no true happiness without crime."