Women are never so strong as after their defeat.

...remember that what has once been done may be done again.

So, preferring death to capture, I accomplished the most astonishing deeds, and which, more then once, showed me that the too great care we take of our bodies is the only obstacle to the sucess of those projects which require rapid decision, and vigorous and determined execution.
In reality, when you have once devoted your life to your enterprises, you are no longer the equal of other men, or, rather, other men are no longer your equals, and whosoever has taken this resolution, feels his strength and resources doubled.

Woman is sacred; the woman one loves is holy.

D'Artagnan had time to reflect that women - those gentle doves - treat one another more cruelly than bears and tigers.

we said we would be to each other as two voices, who shadows.