While seeking out the dead, I see nothing but the living.

Loyalty in time of need is possibly one of the noblest of victories a courtier can win over himself.

To lese-majeste and contempt of court, we must add the crime of lese-million, that fearful indignity we visit on the rich when we expose the impotence of gold.

Among even the happiest married couples there are always moments of regret.

Nothing is as heady as the wine of misfortune.

The passion of love is essentially selfish, while motherhood widens the circle of our feelings.

A jealous husband doesnt doubt his wife, but himself.