💬 Quotes

"The highest form of wealth is the ability to wake up every morning and say, 'I can do whatever I want today.'"

"I shall never forget you, dearest, and I shall try to be what you want me to be. And I'll try to be a man. You said a man must be brave and do right."

"It has been said that the Earl of Dorincourt was a hard, unyielding man; but he was very fond of his grandson."

"I am an American, but my papa was an Englishman, and so was my mamma, and I suppose I am something of both."

"He had a great many friends, because he was not afraid of people and liked them, and always expected them to like him."

"Hardship and sorrow had not embittered her; they had only made her more gentle and sympathetic with the sorrows of others."

"If you are a gentleman, you must always think of other people's feelings, and never hurt them if you can help it."

"Mine eyes / Were not in fault, for she was beautiful; / Mine ears, that heard her flattery; nor my heart, / That thought her like her seeming; it had been vicious / To have mistrusted her."

"The power that I have on you is to spare you; / The malice towards you to forgive you. Live, / And deal with others better."

"La liberté n'est pas un don qu'on implore, c'est un droit qu'on arrache aux tyrans avec le fer et le sang."

"Entre le frère jumeau qui souffre dans l'ombre et le frère roi qui brille sur le trône, il n'y a de différence que le caprice du destin."

"A person that ups and tells the truth when he is in a tight place is a fool."

"Tom Sawyer was always that way; he liked to do things in style, and he liked to spring a surprise."

"It is the prerogative of kings to be ungrateful, but it is the duty of gentlemen to be faithful."

"We are growing old, Athos; our legs are stiff, our arms are heavy, and the time of illusions has passed."

"A man is never completely miserable so long as he still has a friend who understands him."

"God has his own ways of bringing about justice, and often uses the very instruments of crime to punish the criminals."

"Politics are like a game of chess: every piece has its movement, its value, and its risk."

"The truth is rarely as interesting as the fiction we create about ourselves."

"To seduce someone, you must first create a sense of dissatisfaction with their current life."