Yes, I can understand that a man might go to a gambling table when he sees that all that lies between him and death is his last crown.
Honore de BalzacOne of the glories of society is to have created woman where Nature had made only a female; to have created a continuity of desire where Nature thought only of perpetuating the species; and, in fine, to have invented love.
Honore de BalzacTo say to a rich man: You are poor! is to tell the Archbishop of Granada that his sermons are worthless.
Honore de BalzacThere are moments in life when all we can bear is the sense that our friend is near us; our wounds would wince at the touch of consoling words, that would reveal the depths of our pain.
Honore de Balzac