Life is a storm, my young friend. You will bask in the sunlight one moment, be shattered on the rocks the next. What makes you a man is what you do when that storm comes.

...does that not tell you that grief is like life and that there is always somethings unknown beyond it?

......When one loves, one is only too ready to believe one's love returned.

Pain, thou art not an evil

I do not cling to life sufficiently to fear death.

My son, be worthy of your noble name, worthily borne by your ancestors for over five hundred years. Remember it’s by courage, and courage alone, that a nobleman makes his way nowadays. Don’t be afraid of opportunities, and seek out adventures. My son, all I have to give you is fifteen ecus, my horse, and the advice you’ve just heard. Make the most of these gifts, and have a long, happy life.

Sometimes one has suffered enough to have the right to never say: I am too happy.