Quotes from 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.

Revenge is a dish that is best served cold.

I see you are already as timid as a slave: you might as well be in love.

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

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.

La vengeance est un plat qui se mange froid

There is no woman in the world who does not abuse the power she has been able to acquire.