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.

Don't you remember that love, like medicine, is only the art of encouraging nature?

...it is not for the illusion of a moment to govern the choice of a lifetime.

I am astonished at the pleasure one experiences in doing good; and I should be tempted to believe that what we call virtuous people have not so much merit as they lead us to suppose.

All publicity is good publicity.

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

La vengeance est un plat qui se mange froid