The mirror sees the man as beautiful, the mirror loves the man; another mirror sees the man as frightful and hates him; and it is always the same being who produces the impressions.

It is certainly no crime to depict the bizarre ideas that nature inspires.

No kind of sensation is keener and more active than that of pain its impressions are unmistakable.

The most fortunate of persons is he who has the most means to satisfy his vagaries.

Are your convictions so fragile that mine cannot stand in opposition to them? Is your God so illusory that the presence of my Devil reveals his insufficiency?

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

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.