Happiness is egotistical.

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

In every country where independence has taken the place of liberty, the first desire of a manly heart is to possess a weapon which at once renders him capable of defence or attack, and, by rendering its owner fearsome, makes him feared.

It is only the dead who do not return.

If it is ones lot to be cast among fools, one must learn foolishness.-The Count of Monte Cristo

Every individual, from the highest to the lowest degree, has his place in the ladder of social life, and around him swirls a little world of interests, composed of stormy passions and conflicting atoms

How did I escape? With difficulty. How did I plan this moment? With pleasure!