“......When one loves, one is only too ready to believe one's love returned.”

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

“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”

“Woman is sacred; the woman one loves is holy.”

“There are misfortunes in life that no one will accept; people would rather believe in the supernatural and the impossible.”

“When you compare the sorrows of real life to the pleasures of the imaginary one, you will never want to live again, only to dream forever.”

“In business, sir, one has no friends, only correspondents. ”