The Count of Monte Cristo

"Freedom is the greatest treasure."

"Life is a series of tests we must endure."

"True nobility is of the heart."

"Patience is the virtue of the strong."

"What does not kill us makes us stronger."

"Misery is when the soul rebels against the body."

"Circumstances change, but principles remain the same."

"I have learned to hope."

"Riches are the weakest purpose."

"My heart was formed to love, not to hate."

"God has deemed it necessary that I should be tried."

"Do you believe in fate?"

"Wait and hope."

"Knowledge is power."

"Suffering passes, while the shame of suffering lasts eternally."

"I am the resurrection and the life."

"Vengeance is the lust of the gods."

"I came, I was wronged, and I took my vengeance"

"The price of knowledge is often pain"

"I will not rest until justice has been served"

"I have learned to look beyond the veil of appearances"

"I have studied every language known to man to prepare for this moment"

"Between the criminal and the judge stands the avenger"

"The human soul cannot exist without devotion"

"I count as nothing the existence of other people when compared with you"

"The man who does not believe in himself is already defeated"

"I am not what I was, but neither am I what I shall be"

"Fourteen years is a long time to wait for anything"

"Love and hope are the only things that make life worth living"

"I am the instrument of divine justice"