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.

Let us give ourselves indiscriminately to everything our passions suggest, and we will always be happy...Conscience is not the voice of Nature but only the voice of prejudice.

It is always by way of pain one arrives at pleasure.

I've already told you: the only way to a woman's heart is along the path of torment. I know none other as sure.

Your body is the church where Nature asks to be reverenced.

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

In order to know virtue, we must first acquaint ourselves with vice.

My passions, concentrated on a single point, resemble the rays of a sun assembled by a magnifying glass: they immediately set fire to whatever object they find in their way.

Crime is the soul of lust. What would pleasure be if it were not accompanied by crime? It is not the object of debauchery that excites us, rather the idea of evil.

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

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

Do You want to be Surrounded by Great People? There is an Appreciative Person, behind every Successful Person. Be that Person.

There are no extra pieces in the universe. Everyone is here because he or she has a place to fill, and every piece must fit itself into the big jigsaw puzzle.

I was in my thirteenth year when I heard a voice from God to help me govern my conduct. And the first time I was very much afraid.

If you're a devoted collector of design, you seek out objects you can love to live with but also live in.

I make good money: One speech nets me more than what most people make in six months.

The walls of isolation are not as solid as your suffering makes them seem.

I'd much rather talk about guitar playing. I hate it when people ask me about my lyrics. I always feel like telling them to just go and read them.

Oasis are not just influenced by the Beatles; they actually take stuff. Then they get praised.

Vision makes the difference for your future.

I don't think there's something that you have to 'get' with my music. It tends toward the dramatic side rather than the narrative.