Every individual, from the highest to the lowest degree, has his place in the ladder of social life, and around him swirls a little world of interests, composed of stormy passions and conflicting atoms

Everyone knows that drunkards and lovers have a protecting diety.

Edmond Dantes: I don't believe in God. Abbe Faria: That doesn't matter, He believes in you.

In business, sir, one has no friends, only correspondents.

Moral wounds have this peculiarity - they may be hidden, but they never close; always painful, always ready to bleed when touched, they remain fresh and open in the heart.

Pain, thou art not an evil

One always hurries towards happiness, Monsieur Danglars, because when one has suffered much, one is at pains to believe in it.