Alexandre Dumas — "One day, when I am old, I shall sit by the fire and remember that I have been ha…"

"The past is never dead. It's not even past."

"There is neither happiness nor misery in the world; there is only the comparison of one state with another, nothing more. He who has felt the deepest grief is best able to experience supreme happiness…"

"As a general rule… people ask for advice only in order not to follow it; or if they do follow it, in order to have someone to blame for giving it."

"The soul forms its own horizons; your soul is darkened, and consequently the sky of the future appears stormy and unpromising."

"I prefer rogues to imbeciles, because they sometimes take a rest."