"We are never quits with those who oblige us," was Dantes' reply; "for when we do not owe them money, we owe them gratitude."

“Drunk, if you like; so much the worse for those who fear wine, for it is because they have bad thoughts which they are afraid the liquor will extract from their hearts.”

“Learn ever to separate the king and the principle of royalty. The king is but man; royalty is the spirit of God. When you are in doubt as to which you should serve, forsake the material appearance for the invisible principle, for this is everything.”

“There is neither happiness nor misery in the world; there is only the comparison of one state with another, nothing more”

“Sleeping on a plank has one advantage — it encourages early rising.”

“Eh, gentlemen, let us reckon upon accidents! Life is a chaplet of little miseries which the philosopher counts with a smile. Be philosophers, as I am, gentlemen; sit down at the table and let us drink. Nothing makes the future look so bright as surveying it through a glass of chambertin.”

“Private misfortunes must never induce us to neglect public affairs.”