As a general rule...people ask for advice only in order not to follow it; or if they do follow it, in order to have someone to blame for giving it.

Business? It's quite simple; it's other people's money.

God is full of mercy for everyone, as He has been towards you. He is a father before He is a judge.

I know what happiness and what despair are, and I never make a jest of such feelings. Take it, then, but in exchange —

I do not often laugh, sir, as you may perceive by the air of my countenance; but nevertheless, I retain the privilege of laughing when I please.

Pure love and suspicion cannot dwell together: at the door where the latter enters, the former makes its exit.

Upon my word," said Dantes, "you make me shudder. Is the world filled with tigers and crocodiles?" "Yes; and remember that two legged tigers and crocodiles are more dangerous than the others.