No woman dares to refuse love without a motive, for nothing is more natural than to yield to love.
Honore de BalzacThe greater a man's talents, the more marked his idiosyncracies. Yet in the provinces originality is considered perilously close to lunacy.
Honore de BalzacA courage which looks easy & yet is rare; the courage of a teacher repeating day after day the same lessons - the least rewarded of all forms of courage.
Honore de Balzac