Yet man will never be perfect until he learns to create and destroy; he does know how to destroy, and that is half the battle.

Well, father, in the shipwreck of life, for life is an eternal shipwreck of our hopes, I cast into the sea my useless encumbrance, that is all, and I remain with my own will, disposed to live perfectly alone, and, consequently, perfectly free. (Eugenie to her father)

On what slender threads do life and fortune hang.

Your bitter memories still have time to turn into sweet ones.

I am strong against everything, except against the death of those I love. He who dies gains; he who sees others die loses.

So heavy is the chain of wedlock that it needs two to carry it, and sometimes three.

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.