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

One always hurries towards happiness, Monsieur Danglars, because when one has suffered much, one is at pains to believe in it.

You who are in power have only the means that money produces — we who are in expectation, have those which devotion prompts.

The merit of all things lies in their difficulty.

A person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the ranks of his enemies and bear arms against himself.

Learning does not make one learned: there are those who have knowledge and those who have understanding. The first requires memory and the second philosophy

Be kind. Aim for my heart.