A husband and wife who are in the habit of occupying separate rooms are either beings apart, or they have found happiness. Either they hate or they adore each other.
Honore de BalzacNoble passions are like vices: the more they are satisfied, the greater they grow, Mothers and gamblers are insatiable.
Honore de BalzacConscience is a cudgel which all men pick up in order to thwack their neighbors instead of applying it to their own shoulders.
Honore de BalzacSociety bristles with enigmas which look hard to solve. It is a perfect maze of intrigue.
Honore de Balzac