“One must ask for death to know how good it is to live”

“It's necessary to have wished for death in order to know how good it is to live.”

“There is neither happiness nor unhappiness in this world; there is only the comparison of one state with another. Only a man who has felt ultimate despair is capable of feeling ultimate bliss. It is necessary to have wished for death in order to know how good it is to live.....the sum of all human wisdom will be contained in these two words: Wait and Hope.”

“In this world, all--men, women, and kings--must live for the present. We can only live for the future for God”

“If it is ones lot to be cast among fools, one must learn foolishness.”

“Athos liked every one to exercise his own free-will. He never gave his advice before it was demanded and even then it must be demanded twice. "In general, people only ask for advice," he said "that they may not follow it or if they should follow it that they may have somebody to blame for having given it".”

“How is it that little children are so intelligent and men so stupid? It must be education that does it”