God orders a man to do all he can to save his life.

Women are never so strong as after their defeat.

Sometimes one has suffered enough to have the right to never say: I am too happy.

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

No, I slept as I always do when I am bored and have not the courage to amuse myself, or when I am hungry and have not the desire to eat.--The Count of Monte Cristo

Why do you mention my father?' screamed he; 'Why do you mingle a recollection of him with the affairs of today?' Because I am he who saved your father's life when he wished to destroy himself, as you do today-because I am the man who sent the purse to your young sister, and the Paraon to Old Morrel-because I am the Edmond Dantes who nursed you, a child, on my knees.

It is rare that one can see in a little boy the promise of a man, but one can almost always see in a little girl the threat of a woman.