"The only way to arrive at the truth is to examine everything, to deny nothing, to reject nothing."

"There are no crimes, there are only actions."

"In her hands I am nothing but a machine for her to operate as she wishes, and there is not a single one of my crimes that fails to serve her; the greater her need, the more she spurs me on – I should …"

"I have always preferred the society of vice to that of virtue."

"My only pleasure is to do what is forbidden."