“In this world, either you're virtuous or you enjoy yourself. Not both, lady, not both.”

“Married people dont look like they have bedrooms on their minds when they look at each other. In this world, either you're virtuous or you enjoy yourself. Not both...Not both.”

“The purpose of morality is to teach you, not to suffer and die, but to enjoy yourself and live.”

“A leash is a rope with a noose at both ends.”

“Genius is an exaggeration of dimension. So is elephantiasis. Both may be only a disease.”

“Andrei, did you like the opera?""Not particularly.""Andrei, do you see what you're missing?""I don't think I do, Kira. It's all rather silly. And useless.""Can't you enjoy things that are useless, merely because they are beautiful?""No. But I enjoyed it.""The music?""No. The way you listened to it.”

“I don't want to see you. I don't like you. I don't like your face. You look like an insufferable egotist. You're impertinent. You're too sure of yourself. Twenty years ago I would have punched your face with the greatest of pleasure.”