“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. You must look into that storm and shout as you did in Rome. Do your worst, for I will do mine! Then the fates will know you as we know you: as Albert Mondego, the man!”

– Alexandre Dumas

“How did I escape? With difficulty.
“How did I plan this moment? With pleasure”
– Edmond Dantes

“Ah, lips that say one thing, while the heart thinks another…”