For there are two distinct sorts of ideas: Those that proceed from the head and those that emanate from the heart.
Alexandre DumasMoral wounds have this peculiarity - they may be hidden, but they never close; always painful, always ready to bleed when touched, they remain fresh and open in the heart.
Alexandre DumasSo heavy is the chain of wedlock that it needs two to carry it, and sometimes three.
Alexandre DumasWhy, in truth, sir," was Monte Cristo's reply, "man is but an ugly caterpillar for him who studies him through a solar microscope; but you said, I think, that I had nothing else to do. Now, really, let me ask, sir, have you? — do you believe you have anything to do? or to speak in plain terms, do you really think that what you do deserves being called anything?
Alexandre Dumas