I love the life you've always made so sweet for me and I'd regret it if I had to die.' 'Do you mean to say that if I left you---' 'I'd die, yes.' 'Then you love me?

Besides we are men, and after all it is our business to risk our lives.

Unfortunates, who ought to begin with God, do not have any hope in him till they have exhausted all other means of deliverance.

Never fear quarrels, but seek hazardous adventures.

The hungry men were seen, followed by their valets, roaming the quais and guards' quarters; gleaning from their outside friends all the dinners they could find; for, according to Aramis, in prosperity one should sow meals right and left, in order to harvest some in adversity.

We are never quits with those who oblige us," was Dantes' reply; "for when we do not owe them money, we owe them gratitude.

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