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

"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 don’t think man was meant to attain happiness so easily. Happiness is like those palaces in fairy tales whose gates are guarded by dragons: we must fight in order to conquer it."

"I don’t think man was meant to attain happiness so easily. Happiness is like those palaces in fairy tales whose gates are guarded by dragons: we must fight in order to conquer it."

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

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