Alexandre Dumas

A man is bound to make for himself in this world, that fortune which heaven had refused him at his birth.

Alexandre Dumas

Ah, lips that say one thing, while the heart thinks another.

Alexandre Dumas

All for one and one for all, united we stand divided we fall.

Alexandre Dumas

All human wisdom is summed up in two words; wait and hope.

Alexandre Dumas

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

Be happy, noble heart, be blessed for all the good thou hast done and wilt do hereafter, and let my gratitude remain in obscurity like your good deeds.

Alexandre Dumas

Death is the only serious preoccupation in life.

Alexandre Dumas

Every individual, from the highest to the lowest degree, has his place in the ladder of social life, and around him swirls a little world of interests, composed of stormy passions and conflicting atoms.

Alexandre Dumas

Happiness even makes the wicked good.

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