Great is truth. Fire cannot burn it nor water drown it.

How is it that little children are so intelligent and men so stupid? It must be education that does it.

The merit of all things lies in their difficulty.

Why do you mention my father?' screamed he; 'Why do you mingle a recollection of him with the affairs of today?' Because I am he who saved your father's life when he wished to destroy himself, as you do today-because I am the man who sent the purse to your young sister, and the Paraon to Old Morrel-because I am the Edmond Dantes who nursed you, a child, on my knees.

It is the infirmity of our nature always to believe ourselves much more unhappy than those who groan by our sides!

A weakened mind always sees everything through a black veil. The soul makes its own horizons; your soul is dark, which is why you see such a cloudy sky.

For there are two distinct sorts of ideas: Those that proceed from the head and those that emanate from the heart.