...it is not for the illusion of a moment to govern the choice of a lifetime.

Revenge is a dish that is best served cold.

How characteristic of your perverse heart that longs only for what happens to be out of reach.

It has become necessary for me to have this woman, so as to save myself from the ridicule of being in love with her: for to what lengths will a man not be driven by thwarted desire?

La vengeance est un plat qui se mange froid

...it is not for the illusion of a moment to govern the choice of a lifetime.

I assure you that the world is not so amusing as we imagined.