Order is the key to all problems.
One always hurries towards happiness, Monsieur Danglars, because when one has suffered much, one is at pains to believe in it.
Moral 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.
Life is no more than the repeated fulfilling of a permanent desire.
God may seem sometimes to forget for a while, whilst his justice reposes, but there always comes a moment when he remembers.
Forward! Still forward! said he. When it shall be time, God will tell me, as he has told the others.
D'Artagnan, my friend, thou art brave, thou art prudent, thou hast excellent qualities, but- women will destroy thee! -D'Artagnan
Man does not steal, he conquers
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.
The plan is not wanting in grandeur; I see but one impediment.What is it?Impossibility.
Speak, Madame; speak, queen, said Buckingham. The softness of your voice covers the hardness of your words. You speak of sacrilege, but the sacrilege is in the separation of hearts that God has formed...
Listen,' said Morrel; 'it is not the first time you have contemplated our present position, which is a serious and urgent one; I do not think it is a moment to give way to useless sorrow; leave that f...
It's necessary to have wished for death in order to know how good it is to live.
It is quite rare for God to provide a great man at the necessary moment to carry out some great deep, which is why when this unusual combination of circumstance does occur, history at once records the...
In this world, all--men, women, and kings--must live for the present. We can only live for the future for God
Il y a une femme dans toutes les affaires; aussitôt qu'on me fait un rapport, je dis: 'Cherchez la femme'.
I have been taken by Satan into the highest mountain in the earth, and when there he said he to me, ‘Child of earth, what wouldst thou have to make thee adore me?’ I replied, ‘Listen, I wish to be Pro...
I am a Count, Not a Saint.
Human inventions march from thecomplex to the simple, and simplicity is always perfection.
In business, sir, one has no friends, only correspondents.