Woman is closer to angels than man because she knows how to mingle an infinite tenderness with the most absolute compassion.
Honore de BalzacIn the silence of their studios, busied for days at a time with works which leave the mind relatively free, painters become like women; their thoughts can revolve around the minor facts of life and penetrate their hidden meaning.
Honore de BalzacBut reason always cuts a poor figure beside sentiment; the one being essentially restricted, like everything that is positive, while the other is infinite.
Honore de Balzac