Squeeze marriage as much as you like, you will never extract anything from it but fun for bachelors and boredom for husbands.
Honore de BalzacBankers are lynxes. To expect any gratitude from them is equivalent to attempting to move the wolves of the Ukraine to pity in the middle of winter.
Honore de BalzacHow fondly swindlers coddle their dupes! No mother is as caressing or thoughtful towards her adored child as a merchant in hypocrisy toward his milch-cow.
Honore de Balzac