“A man is always in a hurry to be happy.”

“One always hurries towards happiness, Monsieur Danglars, because when one has suffered much, one is at pains to believe in it.”

“We are always in a hurry to be happy...; for when we have suffered a long time, we have great difficulty in believing in good fortune.”

“Monsieur Man-in-a-hurry, you can find me without running—ME, you understand?”

“I'm not proud, but I'm happy, and I think happiness makes a man even blinder than pride.”

“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.”

“True love always makes a man better, no matter what woman inspires it.”