Death is the only serious preoccupation in life.

— Alexandre Dumas

Enough,' said Mercedes, 'enough Edmond! Believe me that she who alone recognized you has been the only one to comprehend you. And had she crossed your path, and you had crushed her like a frail glass, still, Edmond, still she must have admired you! Like the gulf between me and the past, there is an abyss between you, Edmond, and the rest of mankind; and I tell you freely, that the comparison I drew between you and other men will be one of my greatest tortures. No! There is nothing in the world to resemble you in worth and goodness!

— Alexandre Dumas

Everyone knows that God protects drunkards and lovers.

— Alexandre Dumas

Fool that I am," said he,"that I did not tear out my heart the day I resolved to revenge myself".

— Alexandre Dumas

For Milady was well aware that her most seductive power was in her voice, which could run skillfully through the whole scale of tones, from mortal speech, upwards to the language of heaven.

— Alexandre Dumas

For the happy man prayer is only a jumble of words, until the day when sorrow comes to explain to him the sublime language by means of which he speaks to God.

— Alexandre Dumas

Friendship throws out deep roots in honest hearts, D'Armagnac. Believe me, it is only the evil-minded who deny friendship; they cannot understand it.

— Alexandre Dumas

God is merciful to all, as he has been to you; he is first a father, then a judge.

— Alexandre Dumas

God may sometimes seem to forget for a while, whilst his justice reposes, but there always comes a moment when he remembers.

— Alexandre Dumas

God, who might have directed the assassin's dagger to end your career in a moment, has given you this quarter of an hour for repentance. Reflect, then, wretched man, and repent.

— Alexandre Dumas