Alexandre Dumas II

There is neither happiness nor misery in the world; there is only the comparison of one state with another, nothing more. He who has felt the deepest grief is best able to experience supreme happiness. We must of felt what it is to die, Morrel, that we may appreciate the enjoyments of life.

Woman is sacred; the woman one loves is holy.

I am not proud, but I am happy; and happiness blinds, I think, more than pride.

All human wisdom is contained in these two words--"Wait and Hope."

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.

As a general rule...people ask for advice only in order not to follow it; or if they do follow it, in order to have someone to blame for giving it.

Life is a storm, my young friend. You will bask in the sunlight one moment, be shattered on the rocks the next. What makes you a man is what you do when that storm comes. You must look into that storm and shout as you did in Rome. Do your worst, for I will do mine! Then the fates will know you as we know you.

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.

For all evils there are two remedies - time and silence.

All generalizations are dangerous, even this one.

I have always had more dread of a pen, a bottle of ink, and a sheet of paper than of a sword or pistol.