Truly generous men are always ready to become sympathetic when their enemy’s misfortune surpasses the limits of their hatred.

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.

But Valentine, why despair, why always paint the future in such sombre hues?" Maximilien asked. "Because, my friend, I judge it by the past.

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

I am a count, not a saint.

That is a dream also; only he has remained asleep, while you have awakened; and who knows which of you is the most fortunate?

There are people who are willing to suffer and swallow their tears at leisure, and God will no doubt reward them in heaven for their resignation; but those who have the will to struggle strike back at fate in retaliation for the blows they receive.