“Maximilian, the friends we have lost do not repose under the ground,” said the Count; “they are buried deep in our hearts. It has been thus ordained that they may always accompany us. I have two such friends. The one is he who gave me being, and the other is he who brought my intelligence to life. Their spirits are ever with me. When in doubt I consult them, and if I ever do anything that is good, I owe it to them.”

— Monte Cristo in Alexandre Dumas’s, The Count of Monte Cristo, 1846