When a man resolves to avenge himself, he should first of all tear out the heart from his breast.
Women are never so strong as after their defeat.
Life is very tenacious in these lawyers.
On what slender threads do life and fortune hang.
Moral wounds have this peculiarity - they may be hidden, but they never close; always painful, always ready to bleed when touched, they remain fresh and open in the heart.
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!