“It seemed to Julian that there was far too much hair in his wig.”

“Love born in the brain is more spirited, doubtless, than true love, but it has only flashes of enthusiasm; it knows itself too well, it criticizes itself incessantly; so far from banishing thought, it is itself reared only upon a structure of thought.”

“It was the destiny of Napoleon - would it one day be his?”

“Has he written to you?''He writes frequently.''Shew me his letters this instant, I order you'; and M. de Renal added six feet to his stature.”

“…All right, two mornings from now I’ll fight a duel with a fellow known for his calm collectedness and remarkable skill…’Very remarkable,’ said his Mephistophelian side. ‘He never misses.”

“Julien felt himself to be strong and resolute like a man who sees clearly into his own heart.”

“Want of exercise was beginning to affect his health and to give him the weak and excitable character of a young German student.”