Squeeze marriage as much as you like, you will never extract anything from it but fun for bachelors and boredom for husbands.
Honore de BalzacOld maids claw as cats do. They not only inflict wounds but experience pleasure in doing so. Nor will they fail to remind their victims of the blood drawn.
Honore de BalzacThe errors of women spring, almost always, from their faith in the good, or their confidence in the true
Honore de Balzac