“What a fool I was, not to tear my heart out on the day when I resolved to avenge myself!”

“Fool that I am," said he,"that I did not tear out my heart the day I resolved to revenge myself".”

“Kitty: I thought your ladyship was ill. I wanted to help you.Lady deWinter: I ill? Do you take me for a weak woman? When I am insulted I do not feel ill - I avenge myself. Do you hear?”

“When a man resolves to avenge himself, he should first of all tear out the heart from his breast.”

“No, I slept as I always do when I am bored and have not the courage to amuse myself, or when I am hungry and have not the desire to eat.--The Count of Monte Cristo”

“I am orderly out of spirit of idleness, to save myself the trouble of looking after things...”

“What I’ve loved most after you, is myself: that is, my dignity and that strength which made me superior to other men. That Strength was my life. You’ve broken it with a word, so I must die.”