In love, writing is dangerous, not to mention pointless.
So heavy is the chain of wedlock that it needs two to carry it, and sometimes three.
There is no friendship that cares about an overheard secret.
We are always in a hurry to be happy...; for when we have suffered a long time, we have great difficulty in believing in good fortune.
Besides we are men, and after all it is our business to risk our lives.
The hungry men were seen, followed by their valets, roaming the quais and guards' quarters; gleaning from their outside friends all the dinners they could find; for, according to Aramis, in prosperity one should sow meals right and left, in order to harvest some in adversity.