The secret of great fortunes without apparent cause is a crime forgotten, forgotten because it was properly done.
Honore de BalzacTo man, faith; to woman, doubt. She bears the heavier burden. Does not woman invariably suffer for two?
Honore de BalzacIt is very difficult to pass from pleasure to work. Accordingly more poems have been swallowed up by sorrow than ever happiness caused to blaze forth in unparalleled radiance.
Honore de Balzac