A great love is a credit opened in favor of a power so consuming that the moment of bankruptcy must inevitably occur.
Honore de BalzacLet nothing dupe you! Such is the horrible maxim that acts as a solvent upon every noble feeling man experiences.
Honore de BalzacAny man, however blase or depraved, finds his love kindled anew when he sees himself threatened by a rival.
Honore de Balzac