I know what happiness and what despair are, and I never make a jest of such feelings. Take it, then, but in exchange —

Only a man who has felt ultimate despair is capable of feeling ultimate bliss.

The wretched and miserable should turn to their Saviour first, yet they do not hope in Him until all other hope is exhausted.

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.

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

All for one, one for all, that is our device.

His fair landlady was in despair. She would most willingly have made M. d'Artagnan her husband--such a handsome man, and such a fierce mustache!