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.

One must do violence to the object of one's desire; when it surrenders, the pleasure is greater.

You are afraid of the people unrestrained-how ridiculous!

There is no God, Nature sufficeth unto herself; in no wise hath she need of an author.

I've been to Hell. You've only read about it.

Were he supreme, were he mighty, were he just, were he good, this God you tell me about, would it be through enigmas and buffooneries he would wish to teach me to serve and know him?

Any enjoyment is weakened when shared.