I do not often laugh, sir, as you may perceive by the air of my countenance; but nevertheless, I retain the privilege of laughing when I please.
Only a man who has felt ultimate despair is capable of feeling ultimate bliss.
Happiness is egotistical.
...but my friends call me Edmund Dantes.
Women are never so strong as after their defeat.
It is the infirmity of our nature always to believe ourselves much more unhappy than those who groan by our sides!