Alexandre Dumas

"All human wisdom is contained in these two words: wait and hope."

"Life is a storm, my young friend. You will bask in the sunshine one moment, be shattered on the rocks the next."

"The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved."

"There is neither happiness nor misery in the world; there is only the comparison of one state to another."

"Revenge is a dish best served cold."

"The woman we love always has something in common with the woman we hate."

"I am the man of sorrows, acquainted with grief."

"One cannot help but be amazed at the depth of human depravity."

"Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing."

"The thief of time is procrastination."

"In every conceivable manner, the family is link to our past, bridge to our future, and bonds to one another."

"Real love is nothing like the fairy tales."

"A true friend stabs you in the front."

"Friendship is one of the most tangible things in a world which increasingly tends to deal only in abstracts."

"Providence has hidden a charm in difficult undertakings which is appreciated only by those who dare to grapple with them."

"There are times when tempests of circumstance require a steady hand at the helm."

"The pursuit of knowledge should be the object of my life."

"Life is a novel, and the writer does not always know how it will end."

"Man cannot be free if he is a slave to his passions."

"Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time."

"Morality is a relative thing."

"The merit of a work depends on its originality and the thought it contains."

"When you do not know what you are capable of, you often find you are capable of much more than you thought."

"Until the day of his death, no man can be sure of his courage."

"I am not a believer, but I am a Catholic."

"The ability to observe without evaluating is the highest form of intelligence."

"To die is not to go away; it is to change."

"Everything is a matter of context."

"The wonderful thing about history is that it is full of surprises."

"I find that the only way to succeed in life is to make a success within yourself."