How characteristic of your perverse heart that longs only for what happens to be out of reach.

Revenge is a dish that is best served cold.

A man enjoys the happiness he feels, a woman the happiness she gives.

It has become necessary for me to have this woman, so as to save myself from the ridicule of being in love with her: for to what lengths will a man not be driven by thwarted desire?

Humanity is not perfect in any fashion; no more in the case of evil than in that of good. The criminal has his virtues, just as the honest man has his weaknesses.

La vengeance est un plat qui se mange froid

Marquise de Merteuil: I've distilled every thing to one single principle: win or die.