So he went down, smiling sceptically and mutter the final word in human wisdom: 'Perhaps!

So heavy is the chain of wedlock that it needs two to carry it, and sometimes three.

You who weep for pleasures fled, While dragging on a life of care, All your woes will melt in air, If to god your tears are shed, You who Weap!

Porthos: He thinks he can challenge the mighty Porthos with a sword... D'Artagnan: The mighty who? Porthos: Don't tell me you've never heard of me. D'Artagnan: The world's biggest windbag? Porthos: Little pimple... meet me behind the Luxembourg at 1 o'clock and bring a long wooden box. D'Artagnan: Bring your own... Porthos: [laughs]

Learning does not make one learned: there are those who have knowledge and those who have understanding. The first requires memory and the second philosophy

Order is the key to all problems.

Ah," said the jailer, "do not always brood over what is impossible, or you will be mad in a fortnight.