Les Misérables

"The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved for ourselves."

"Conscience is God present in every man."

"There is a point at which even mercy becomes cruelty."

"The past is the past. Let the future judge."

"Honest poverty is an honest thing."

"Demain, aube, at daybreak, I shall go. (Tomorrow at dawn, I shall go.)"

"The greatest power is the power to forgive."

"It is nothing to die; it is frightful not to live."

"A man cannot live on hatred alone."

"I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul."

"He was thinking of her."

"A generous deed is its own reward."

"There is a galley-slave in the depths of every heart."

"A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought."

"When a man has done what he believes to be his duty, he is at peace."

"There is nothing like a dream to create the future."

"Pity is not agreeable to beggars; they never ask for that, they ask for justice."

"What a grand thing it is to be loved! What a grander thing still to love!"

"The greatest joy is to see a child smile."

"The supreme human court is the court of conscience."

"To choose one's victim, one requires patience and watchfulness."

"Extreme justice is extreme cruelty."

"The supreme virtue is to choose one's way and follow it."

"Sorrow is a fruit. God does not make it grow on limbs too weak to bear it."

"Let us cherish and love our enemies."

"Nothing opens the heart like true sorrow."

"Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear—not absence of fear."

"The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved for ourselves."

"To love another person is to see the face of God."

"Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise."