There are thorns everywhere, but along the path of vice, roses bloom above them.

The reasoning man who scorns the prejudices of simpletons necessarily becomes the enemy of simpletons; he must expect as much, and laugh at the inevitable.

Either kill me or take me as I am, because I'll be damned if I ever change.

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

Conversation, like certain portions of the anatomy, always runs more smoothly when lubricated.

We monsters are necessary to nature also.

The impossibility of outraging nature is the greatest anguish man can know.