Cast between the extremes of happiness and misfortune, uncertainty is a cruel torment.

- Pierre Choderlos De Laclos

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 hi…

- Pierre Choderlos De Laclos

When one woman strikes at the heart of another, she seldom misses, and the wound is invariably fatal.

- Pierre Choderlos De Laclos

I assure you that the world is not so amusing as we imagined.

- Pierre Choderlos De Laclos

I willingly allow that money does not guarantee happiness; but it must also be allowed that it makes happiness a great deal easier to achieve.

- Pierre Choderlos De Laclos

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

- Pierre Choderlos De Laclos

Revenge is a dish that is best served cold.

- Pierre Choderlos De Laclos

Truth to tell, the longer I live, the more I'm tempted to think that the only moderately worthwhile people in the world are you and I.

- Pierre Choderlos De Laclos

I shall possess this woman; I shall steal her from the husband who profanes her: I will even dare ravish her from the God whom she adores. What delig…

- Pierre Choderlos De Laclos