Until the day when God shall deign to reveal the future to m... - Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo

"Philosophy cannot be taught; it is the application of the sciences to truth."

"For the happy man prayer is only a jumble of words, until the day when sorrow comes to explain to him the sublime language by means of which he speaks to God."

"To learn is not to know; there are the learners and the learned. Memory makes the one, philosophy the others."

"Darling, has not the count just told us that all human wisdom is summed up in two words? Wait and hope."

"When you compare the sorrows of real life to the pleasures of the imaginary one, you will never want to live again, only to dream forever."