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.
Happiness is ideal, it is the work of the imagination.
Fear not lest precautions and protective contrivances diminish your pleasure: mystery only adds thereto.
Sensual excess drives out pity in man.
To judge from the notions expounded by theologians, one must conclude that God created most men simply with a view to crowding hell.
Let not your zeal to share your principles entice you beyond your borders.
The completest submissiveness is your lot, and that is all;.
Happiness lies only in that which excites, and the only thing that excites is crime.
Beauty belongs to the sphere of the simple, the ordinary, whilst ugliness is something extraordinary, and there is no question but that every ardent imagination prefers in lubricity, the extraordinary to the commonplace.
Variety, multiplicity are the two most powerful vehicles of lust.
The most fortunate of persons is he who has the most means to satisfy his vagaries.
The majority of pop stars are complete idiots in every respect.
Here am I: at one stroke incestuous, adulteress, sodomite, and all that in a girl who only lost her maidenhead today! What progress, my friends with what rapidity I advance along the thorny road of vice!
The impossibility of outraging nature is the greatest anguish man can know.
It is not my mode of thought that has caused my misfortunes, but the mode of thought of others.
There is a kind of pleasure which comes from sacrilege or the profanation of the objects offered us for worship.
It is not the opinions or the vices of private individuals that are harmful to the State, but rather the behavior of public figures.
Religions are the cradles of despotism.
The ultimate triumph of philosophy would be to cast light upon the mysterious ways in which Providence moves to achieve the designs it has for man.
Any enjoyment is weakened when shared.