Wait and hope!

Misfortune does not help us to believe.

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

In business, sir, one has no friends, only correspondents.

A rogue does not laugh in the same way that an honest man does; a hypocrite does not shed the tears of a man of good faith. All falsehood is a mask; and however well made the mask may be, with a little attention we may always succeed in distinguishing it from the true face.

No, I slept as I always do when I am bored and have not the courage to amuse myself, or when I am hungry and have not the desire to eat.--The Count of Monte Cristo

For all evils there are two remedies - time and silence.