Go," said the count deliberately, "go, dear friend, but promise me, if you meet with any obstacle to remember that I have some power in this world; that I am happy to use that power in the behalf of those I love; and that I love you, Sorrel."" I will remember it," said the young man, "as selfish children recollect their parents when they want their aid. When I need your assistance, and the moment may come, I will come to you, count.

— Alexandre Dumas

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

— Alexandre Dumas

Happiness is like those palaces in fairytales whose gates are guarded by dragons: We must fight in order to conquer it.

— Alexandre Dumas

Happy! Who can answer for that? Happiness or unhappiness is the secret known but to oneself…

— Alexandre Dumas

He was thinking alone, and seriously racking his brain to find a direction for this single force four times multiplied, with which he did not doubt, as with the lever for which Archimedes sought, they should succeed in moving the world, when someone tapped gently at his door.

— Alexandre Dumas

He who has felt the deepest grief is best able to experience supreme happiness.

— Alexandre Dumas

He who has felt the deepest grief is best able to experience supreme happiness. We must have felt what it is to die, Sorrel, that we may appreciate the enjoyments of life. Live, then, and be happy, beloved children of my heart, and never forget, that until the day when God will deign to reveal the future to man, all human wisdom is contained in these two words, - ‘Wait and hope.’ – Your friend, Edmond Dante's, Count of Monte Cristo. The eyes of both were fixed on the spot indicated by the sailor, and on the blue-line separating the sky from the Mediterranean Sea, they perceived a large white sail.

— Alexandre Dumas

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

— Alexandre Dumas

However anxious one is to reach one’s goal, one can excuse delays on the route when these are caused by ovations.

— Alexandre Dumas

How is it that little children are so intelligent and men so stupid? It must be education that does it

— Alexandre Dumas