Moral wounds have this peculiarity - they may be hidden, but they never close; always painful, always ready to bleed when touched, they remain fresh and open in the heart.

There are two ways of seeing: with the body and with the soul. The body's sight can sometimes forget, but the soul remembers forever.

You are very amiable, no doubt, but you would be charming if you would only depart.

...joy takes a strange effect at times, it seems to oppress us almost the same as sorrow.

Wait and hope!

In this world, all--men, women, and kings--must live for the present. We can only live for the future for God

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