Alexandre Dumas

"One must never despair. While there is life there is hope."

"Justice is the result of arrangement."

"There is no fortune high enough to pay for the time that one loses."

"All for one, and one for all."

"Creativity is intelligence having fun."

"The superior man never loses his temper."

"Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart."

"Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen."

"The truly generous is the truly wise, and he who is wise is the who is truly generous."

"A man might build himself a throne of bayonets, but he cannot sit on it."

"Even the bravest and strongest of men have their moments of despair."

"Passion is the nurse of genius."

"The capacity for love gives one another chance in life."

"To plant trees is to give body to one's dreams of the future."

"Without promotion, something terrible happens... nothing."

"The greatest misfortune that can happen to a man is not to have endured hardship."

"Labor is the most noble activity; idleness is the greatest crime."

"One's past is what one is. It is the only way by which people should be judged."

"Patience is a virtue."

"The world is indeed comic, but the joke is on us."

"To love is to experience the greatest heights and depths of life."

"When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, no wind is the right wind."

"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world."

"What wisdom can be greater than kindness?"

"I have always said that if all literature disappeared, society would perish."

"The key to immortality is first living a life worth remembering."

"In youth, we run towards our desires; in old age, away from our fears."

"A man who doubts himself is like a soldier marching into battle already defeated."

"There is something in the contemplation of nature that is eternally tranquil."

"The most formidable weapon against errors of any kind is reason."