It is not the opinions or the vices of private individuals that are harmful to the State, but rather the behavior of public figures.

Happiness lies only in that which excites, and the only thing that excites is crime.

Sexual pleasure is, I agree, a passion to which all others are subordinate but in which they all unite.

Between understanding and faith immediate connections must subsist.

So long as the laws remain such as they are today, employ some discretion: loud opinion forces us to do so; but in privacy and silence let us compensate ourselves for that cruel chastity we are obliged to display in public.

The primary and most beautiful of Nature's qualities is motion, which agitates her at all times, but this motion is simply a perpetual consequence of crimes, she conserves it by means of crimes only.

Any enjoyment is weakened when shared.