Without reflecting that this is the only moment in which you can study character," said the count; "on the steps of the scaffold death tears off the mask that has been worn through life, and the real visage is disclosed.

Now I'd like someone to tell me there is no drama in real life!

in prosperity prayers seem but a mere medley of words, until misfortune comes and the unhappy sufferer first understands the meaning of the sublime language in which he invokes the pity of heaven!

In business, sir, one has no friends, only correspondents.

It is the infirmity of our nature always to believe ourselves much more unhappy than those who groan by our sides!

Here is your final lesson - do not commit the crime for which you now serve the sentence. God said, "Vengeance is mine." [...] He believes in you.

True love always makes a man better, no matter who the woman is that inspires it.