I came to Paris with four écus in my pocket, and I’d have fought with anybody who told me I was in no condition to buy the Louvre.

Darling, replied Valentine, has not the count just told us that all human wisdom was contained in these two words,- "Wait and hope"?

So rapid is the flight of our dreams upon the wings of imagination.

Those born to wealth, and who have the means of gratifying every wish, know not what is the real happiness of life, just as those who have been tossed on the stormy waters of the ocean on a few frail planks can alone realize the blessings of fair weather.

In love, writing is dangerous, not to mention pointless.

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

that Englishman who came to challenge me three or four months ago, and whom I killed to stop him bothering me