I will begin with this confession: whatever I have done in the course of my life, whether it be good or evil, has been done freely; I am a free agent.

The philosopher is a person who refuses no pleasures which do not produce greater sorrows, and who knows how to create new ones.

one who makes no mistakes makes nothing

I have often met with happiness after some imprudent step which ought to have brought ruin upon me, and although passing a vote of censure upon myself I would thank God for his mercy.

When a man is in love very little is enough to throw him into despair and as little to enhance his joy to the utmost.

I always made my food congenial to my constitution, and my health was always excellent.

Cultivating whatever gave pleasure to my senses was always the chief business of my life; I have never found any occupation more important. Feeling that I was born for the sex opposite mine, I have always loved it and done all that I could to make myself loved by it. I have also been extravagantly fond of good food and irresistibly drawn by anything which could excite curiosity.