"The only way to arrive at the truth is through the most profound errors."

"It is always by way of pain that one arrives at pleasure."

"The only real crime is to be boring."

"One would have to lose one's wits to believe in a God, and to become a complete imbecile to adore Him."

"It is not by the force of the lash that one brings down a human being to the level of the beast."