We must never expect discretion in first love: it is accompanied by such excessive joy that unless the joy is allowed to overflow, it will choke you.

We are always in a hurry to be happy...; for when we have suffered a long time, we have great difficulty in believing in good fortune.

If God were suddenly condemned to live the life which He has inflicted upon men, He would kill Himself.

The hungry men were seen, followed by their valets, roaming the quais and guards' quarters; gleaning from their outside friends all the dinners they could find; for, according to Aramis, in prosperity one should sow meals right and left, in order to harvest some in adversity.

Only a man who has felt ultimate despair is capable of feeling ultimate bliss.

Philosophy cannot be taught; it is the application of the sciences to truth.

How did I escape? With difficulty. How did I plan this moment? With pleasure!