It's no longer a warmth hidden in my veins: it's Venus entire and whole fastening on her prey.

Behind a veil, unseen yet present, I was the forceful soul that moved this mighty body.

None love, but they who wish to love.

Extreme justice is often injustice.

Can a faith that does nothing be called sincere?

I felt for my crime a just terror; I looked on my life with hate, and my passion with horror.

Some smaller crimes always precede the great crimes.