Pain, thou art not an evil

The difference between treason and patriotism is only a matter of dates.

I am a count, not a saint.

For the happy man prayer is only a jumble of words, until the day when sorrow comes to explain to him the sublime language by means of which he speaks to God.

As a general rule...people ask for advice only in order not to follow it; or if they do follow it, in order to have someone to blame for giving it.

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

...for, however all other feelings may be withered in a woman's nature, there is always one bright smiling spot in the maternal breast, and that is where a dearly-beloved child is concerned.