First love is a kind of vaccination which saves a man from catching the complaint the second time.
Honore de BalzacThe secret of great fortunes without apparent cause is a crime forgotten, for it was properly done.
Honore de BalzacVirtue, my pet, is an abstract idea, varying in its manifestations with the surroundings. Virtue in Provence, in Constantinople, in London, and in Paris bears very different fruit, but is none the less virtue.
Honore de Balzac