A naked woman is less dangerous than one who spreads her skirt skillfully to cover and exhibit everything at once.
Honore de BalzacLet nothing dupe you! Such is the horrible maxim that acts as a solvent upon every noble feeling man experiences.
Honore de BalzacIt would be curious to know what leads a man to become a stationer rather than a baker, when he is no longer compelled, as among the Egyptians, to succeed to his father's craft.
Honore de Balzac