Unfortunates, who ought to begin with God, do not have any hope in him till they have exhausted all other means of deliverance.

Love is the most selfish of all the passions.

...but my friends call me Edmund Dantes.

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

When a man resolves to avenge himself, he should first of all tear out the heart from his breast.

I have no will, unless it be the will never to decide. I have been so overwhelmed by the many storms that have broken over my head, that I am become passive in the hands of the Almighty, like a sparrow in the talons of an eagle. I live, because it is not ordained for me to die.

Never fear quarrels, but seek hazardous adventures.