Woman is sacred; the woman one loves is holy. - Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo

"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."

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

"Until the day when God shall deign to reveal the future to man, all human wisdom is summed up in these two words,-Wait and hope."

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