Quotes About Loyalty

Il est mon maître et je suis son esclave; il a le droit de ne rien voir.

D'Artagnan is right," said Athos. "Behold our three leaves of absence, which come from M. de Treville; and here are three hundred pistoles, which come from I know not where. Let us go and be killed where we are told to go. Is life worth so many questions? D'Artagnan, I am ready to follow you.

And without waiting for the answer of the newcomer to this proof of affection, M. de Treville seized his right hand and pressed it with all his might, without perceiving that Athos, whatever might be his self-command, allowed a slight murmur of pain to escape him, and if possible, grew paler than he was before.

I would follow him to hell, and that is saying not a little, as I believe him entirely capable of the descent.

No ho l'uniforme, ma ho lo spirito. Il mio cuore è moschettiere e mi trascina.

You know very well that it will never be I who will leave you. It is not the tree that forsakes the flower, but the flower that forsakes the tree.

We have said that Athos loved d'Artagnan like a child, and this somber and inflexible personage felt the anxiety of a parent for the young man.

Commend me to the cardinal,' said Milady. 'Commend me to Satan,' replied Rochefort.

have no secrets from you. This, then, is what saddens me. Wait a minute, Porthos; let me first

He was the friend of the king, who honored highly, as everyone knows, the memory of his father, Henry IV.

Ah, but the friends of to-day are the enemies of to-morrow;

In business, sir, said he, one has no friends, only correspondents.

the ladies of Italy have this advantage over those of France, that they are faithful even in their infidelity.

Tis strange that it should be among such men that we find proofs of friendship and devotion.

Sono solo al mondo». «Allora amerete me. Se siete giovane, sarò vostro compare. Se siete vecchio, sarò vostro figlio. Ho un padre che dovrebbe avere settant'anni, se è ancora in vita. Amavo solo lui e una fanciulla di nome Mercédès. Mio padre non mi ha dimenticato, ne sono sicuro. Ma lei, Iddio solo sa se mi pensa ancora. Amerò voi come amavo mio padre».

Every day he spoke of the immensity of the treasure, explaining to Dantes all the good a man could do for his friends in our modern times with such a fortune. At those moments Dantes' face would darken, for he thought of how much harm a man could do to his enemies in our modern times with such a fortune.

chi ha compagno, ha padrone.4 But, at least, we are half-way there, since you already have one of the two votes you need. Leave it to me to get you the other, and I shall do my best.

As a result of the sympathetic devotion which Jacopo had from the first bestowed on Edmond, the latter was moved to a certain degree of affection.

Alexandre Dumas

Les amis d'aujourd'hui sont les ennemis de demain.

Alexandre Dumas

those who remain in Paris in July must be true Parisians.

If I were sole owner we'd shake hands on it now, my dear Dantes, and call it settled; but I have a partner, and you know the Italian proverb—Chi ha compagno ha padrone—'He who has a partner has a master.

les Italiennes ont du moins sur les Françaises l'avantage d'être fidèles à leur infidélité.