“Pure love and suspicion cannot dwell together: at the door where the latter enters, the former makes its exit.”

“We’ll go where the air is pure, where all sounds are soothing, where, no matter how proud one may be, one feels humble and finds oneself small- in short, we’ll go to the sea. I love the sea as one loves a mistress and I long for her when I haven’t seen her for some time”

“And how did this misfortune occur?" inquired the latter, resuming the interrupted conversation.”

“Return to the world still more brilliant because of your former sorrows.”

“In every country where independence has taken the place of liberty, the first desire of a manly heart is to possess a weapon which at once renders him capable of defence or attack, and, by rendering its owner fearsome, makes him feared.”

“What the deuce does the fellow mean by getting trap-doors made without first consulting you? Trap-doors!”

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