My opinion is, that all these old podestas, these ancient condottieri, — for the Cavalcanti have commanded armies and governed provinces, — my opinion, I say, is, that they have buried their millions...
Melancholy in a capitalist, like the appearance of a comet, presages some misfortune to the world.
I was delighted to see you again, and forgot for the moment that all happiness is fleeting.
I regret having helped you clarify your past and having told you what I did.''Why?''Because I've instilled in your heart a feeling that wasn't there before: vengeance.
Friendship throws out deep roots in honest hearts, D'Artagnan. Believe me, it is only the evil-minded who deny friendship; they cannot understand it.
Everyone knows that God protects drunkards and lovers.
Edmond Dantes: I don’t believe in God.Abbe Faria: That doesn’t matter, He believes in you…
D’Artagnan: Why is Athos sitting by himself?Aramis: He takes his drinking very seriously. Not to worry, he’ll be his usual charming self by morning.
Death is the only serious preoccupation in life.
Come now, be a man!' he thought. 'We are used to adversity; let's not be crushed by a mere disappointment, or else I shall have suffered for nothing. The heart breaks when it has swelled too much in t...
But that's not the name of a man, it's the name of a mountain! (...)It is my name, Athos said calmly.But you said your name was d'Artagnan.I?Yes, you.That is to say, someone said to me: 'You are M. d'...
Business? It's quite simple. It's other people's money.
We are entitled to violate history, provided that it results in handsome offspring.
Youth is a blossom whose fruit is love; happy is he who plucks it after watching it slowly ripen.
The King! I thought him enough of a philosopher to realize that there is no such thing as murder in politics. You know as well as I do, my dear boy, that in politics there are no people, only ideas; n...
Sleeping on a plank has one advantage - it encourages early rising.
Porthos: He thinks he can challenge the mighty Porthos with a sword... D'Artagnan: The mighty who? Porthos: Don't tell me you've never heard of me. D'Artagnan: The world's biggest windbag? Porthos: Li...
Life is very tenacious in these lawyers.
Learning does not make one learned: there are those who have knowledge and those who have understanding. The first requires memory and the second philosophy.
I know what happiness and what despair are, and I never make a jest of such feelings. Take it, then, but in exchange —