There are no principles; there are only events. There is no good and bad, there are only circumstances.
Honore de BalzacThe Police and the Society of Jesus posses in common the virtue of never forsaking their enemies as friends.
Honore de BalzacThe day will dawn when Europe will believe only in the man who tramples her underfoot.
Honore de BalzacThe man whose action habitually bears the stamp of his mind is a genius, but the greatest genius is not always equal to himself, or he would cease to be human.
Honore de Balzac