I shall reply that I really do look upon him as one of Byron’s heroes, whom misery has marked with a fatal brand; some Manfred, some Lara, some Werner, one of those wrecks, as it were, of some ancient family, who, disinherited of their patrimony, have achieved one by the force of their adventurous genius, which has placed them above the laws of society.” “You.
Sir, you are punctual, and I cannot complain that you have broken your promise; but oh, how the time has dragged, and how long it has seemed before the clock struck six!
There is neither happiness nor misfortune in this world, there is merely a comparison between one state and another, nothing more. Only someone who has suffered the deepest misfortune is capable of experiencing the heights of felicity.
A man was lying in the middle of the room, in a circle drawn on the ground with a piece of plaster from the wall, almost naked, his clothes having fallen into tatters. He was drawing very precise geometrical lines in the circle and appeared as absorbed in solving his problem as Archimedes when he was killed by one of Marcellus’ soldiers.
It is with valets as with wives, they must be placed at once upon the footing in which you wish them to remain. Reflect upon it.
For some constitutions work is the cure for all ills.
But I lay aside that pride before God, who has taken me from nothing to make me what I am.
I have my pride for men – serpents always ready to threaten every one who would pass without crushing them under foot. But I lay aside that pride before God, who has taken me from nothing to make me what I am.
Life is so uncertain, that we ought to secure happiness while it is within our reach.
Why,’ said he, ’does not the emperor, who has devised so many clever and efficient modes of improving the art of war, organize a regiment of lawyers, judges and legal practitioners, sending them in the hottest fire the enemy could maintain, and using them to save better men?
All charitable souls are requested to pray God for the sincere repentance of these two miserable creatures.
You cannot control circumstances, my dear sir; ’man proposes, and God disposes.
It is no use,” said the old man, “there is no wine.” “What, no wine?” said Dantes, turning pale, and looking alternately at the hollow cheeks of the old man and the empty cupboards.
Not before I have killed you, poltroon!” cried d’Artagnan, making the best face possible, and.
Believe me, when a woman loves a man, you do not win her heart by crossing swords with him.
Alas, alas!’ Andrea said, with a sigh. ‘One can never be completely happy in this world.
D’Artagnan looked for some tapestry behind which he might hide himself, and felt an immense inclination to crawl under the table.
Ah, but the friends of to-day are the enemies of to-morrow;.
No man truly in love has ever let the hands of a clock go peacefully on their way.
Nineteen years of light to reflect upon in eternal darkness!