It would be difficult for me not to conclude that the most perfect type of masculine beauty is Satan, as portrayed by Milton.

I can barely conceive of a type of beauty in which there is no Melancholy.

There are in every man, at every hour, two simultaneous postulations, one towards God, the other towards Satan

There are women who inspire you with the desire to conquer them and to take your pleasure of them; but this one fills you only with the desire to die slowly beneath her gaze.

Strangeness is a necessary ingredient in beauty.

That which is not slightly distorted lacks sensible appeal; from which it follows that irregularity—that is to say, the unexpected, surprise and astonishment, are an essential part and characteristic of beauty.