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.

To save a man and thereby to spare a father's agony and a mother's feelings is not to do a noble deed, it is but an act of humanity.

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.

I do not often laugh, sir, as you may perceive by the air of my countenance; but nevertheless, I retain the privilege of laughing when I please.

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

I am a count, not a saint.

The custom and fashion of today will be the awkwardness and outrage of tomorrow - so arbitrary are these transient laws.