Moral wounds have this peculiarity - they may be hidden, but they never close; always painful, always ready to bleed when touched, they remain fresh and open in the heart. - Alexandre Dumas

Life is a storm, my young friend. You will bask in the sunlight one moment, be shattered on the rocks the next. What makes you a man is what you do when that storm comes. - Alexandre Dumas

All human wisdom is contained in these two words - wait and hope. - Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo

I am not proud, but I am always happy; and happiness blinds, I think, more than pride. - Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo

As a general rule...people ask for advice only in order not to follow it; or if they do follow it, in order to have someone to blame for giving it. - Alexandre Dumas

I have always had more dread of pen, a bottle of ink, and a sheet of paper than of a sword or pistol. - Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo

When you compare the sorrows of real life to the pleasures of the imaginary one, you will never want to live again, only to dream forever. - Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo

There are two ways of seeing: with the body and with the soul. The body's sight can sometimes forget, but the soul remembers forever. - Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo

We are always in a hurry to be happy, M. Danglars; for when we have suffered a long time, we have great difficulty in believing in good fortune. - Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo

Happiness is like those palaces in fairy tales whose gates are guarded by dragons: we must fight in order to conquer it. - Alexandre Dumas