It is quite rare for God to provide a great man at the necessary moment to carry out some great deep, which is why when this unusual combination of circumstance does occur, history at once records the name of the chosen one and recommends him to the admiration of posterity.

The wretched and miserable should turn to their Saviour first, yet they do not hope in Him until all other hope is exhausted.

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

Are there not some places where we seem to breathe sadness? — why, we cannot tell. It is a chain of recollections — an idea which carries you back to other times, to other places — which, very likely, have no connection with the present time and place.

......When one loves, one is only too ready to believe one's love returned.

All for one and one for all, united we stand divided we fall.

Haste is a poor counselor