They declaim against the passions without bothering to think that it is from their flame philosophy lights its torch.

To judge from the notions expounded by theologians, one must conclude that God created most men simply with a view to crowding hell.

Do not breed. Nothing gives less pleasure than childbearing. Pregnancies are damaging to health, spoil the figure, wither the charms, and it's the cloud of uncertainty forever hanging over these events that darkens a husband's mood.

The majority of pop stars are complete idiots in every respect.

Nature has endowed each of us with a capacity for kindly feelings: let us not squander them on others.

If it is the dirty element that gives pleasure to the act of lust, then the dirtier it is, the more pleasurable it is bound to be.

I've already told you: the only way to a woman's heart is along the path of torment. I know none other as sure.