When you compare the sorrows of real life to the pleasures of the imaginary one, you will never want to live again, only to dream forever.

But Valentine, why despair, why always paint the future in such sombre hues?" Maximilien asked. "Because, my friend, I judge it by the past.

Through the ingenuousness of her age beamed an ardent mind, a mind not of the women but of the poet; she did not please, she intoxicated.

There are misfortunes in life that no one will accept; people would rather believe in the supernatural and the impossible.

Porthos: He thinks he can challenge the mighty Porthos with a sword... D'Artagnan: The mighty who? Porthos: Don't tell me you've never heard of me. D'Artagnan: The world's biggest windbag? Porthos: Little pimple... meet me behind the Luxembourg at 1 o'clock and bring a long wooden box. D'Artagnan: Bring your own... Porthos: [laughs]

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

Ah, lips that say one thing, while the heart thinks another.