Women are never so strong as after their defeat.
Paleness is always looked upon as a strong proof of aristocratic descent and distinguished breeding.
In every country where independence has taken the place of liberty, the first desire of a manly heart is to possess a weapon which at once renders him capable of defence or attack, and, by rendering i...
On what slender threads do life and fortune hang… !
If it is ones lot to be cast among fools, one must learn foolishness.
He who has felt the deepest grief is best able to experience supreme happiness. We must have felt what it is to die, Morrel, that we may appreciate the enjoyments of life. Live, then, and be happy, be...
The voice of human nature is nothing but one prolonged cry.
For Milady was well aware that her most seductive power was in her voice, which could run skilfully through the whole scale of tones, from mortal speech, upwards to the language of heaven.
MY GOD!' read Monte Cristo, 'LET ME KEEP MY MEMORY!
He was thinking alone, and seriously racking his brain to find a direction for this single force four times multiplied, with which he did not doubt, as with the lever for which Archimedes sought, they...
I never swear, Monseigneur. I say Yes or No, and as I am a gentleman, I keep my word.
Why does a steward steal? He steals because he's not sure he'll always remain with his master and wants to make his future secure.
Oh, mankind, race of crocodiles! How well I recognize you down there, and how worthy you are of yourselves!
No one is as brave, as adventurous or as skillful as D'Artagnan, without at the same time being inclined to be a dreamer.
He pointed out to him the bearings of the coast, explained to him the variations of the compass, and taught him to read in that vast book opened over our heads which they call heaven, and where God wr...
True, I have raped history, but it has produced some beautiful offspring.
Unfortunately in this world of ours, each person views things through a certain medium, which prevents his seeing them in the same light as others…
There is no friendship that cares about an overheard secret.
I am not proud, but I am happy; and happiness blinds, I think, more than pride.
Nothing succeeds like success.