The merit of all things lies in their difficulty.

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

A person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the ranks of his enemies and bear arms against himself.

Be happy, noble heart, be blessed for all the good thou hast done and wilt do hereafter, and let my gratitude remain in obscurity like your good deeds.

What a fool I was, not to tear my heart out on the day when I resolved to revenge myself!

There is neither happiness nor misery in the world; there is only the comparison of one state with another, nothing more. He who has felt the deepest grief is best able to experience supreme happiness. We must of felt what it is to die, Morrel, that we may appreciate the enjoyments of life. " Live, then, and be happy, beloved children of my heart, and never forget, that until the day God will deign to reveal the future to man, all human wisdom is contained in these two words, 'Wait and Hope.

One always hurries towards happiness, Monsieur Danglars, because when one has suffered much, one is at pains to believe in it.