The Count of Monte Cristo

"I have learned that there are things more valuable than gold and diamonds."

"Money cannot buy what the soul truly needs."

"The heart of a good man is a celestial fortress."

"I have been in the depths of despair, and I have emerged triumphant."

"Betrayal is the deepest wound."

"I am not mad; I am only in love."

"Knowledge is power, and the greatest power is to know oneself."

"Prison has taught me patience."

"My past is dead; I am born anew."

"The world is for those who can make it so."

"Poverty has been my companion in my youth, and now poverty must be banished from my side."

"Vengeance is a dish that is best served cold."

"I have resolved to accomplish my destiny."

"All human wisdom is contained in these two words—'Wait and Hope.'"

"How did I escape? With difficulty. How did I plan this moment? With pleasure."

"Wait and hope."

"A man must become his own judge and executioner."

"Dreams sustained me when reality would have broken me."

"Courage is not the absence of fear, but action in spite of it."

"The greatest adventure is the journey to understand oneself."

"In the darkness of despair, hope is the only light."

"Freedom is the greatest gift, but also the heaviest burden."

"Suffering ennobles the soul and strengthens the spirit."

"The past torments us only if we allow it to."

"To know oneself is the beginning of all wisdom."

"The greatest curse is not poverty, but the poverty of the soul."

"Money is a powerful tool, but a dangerous master."

"We must learn to accept that some doors, once closed, are meant to stay closed."

"The greatest victory is not over our enemies, but over ourselves."

"Hope deferred maketh the heart sick, but desire fulfilled is a tree of life."