Envy is the most stupid of vices, for there is no single advantage to be gained from it.
Honore de BalzacThe fashions we call English in Paris are French in London, and vice versa. Franco-British hostility vanishes when it comes to questions of words and clothing. God save the King is a tune composed by Lully for a chorus in a play by Racine.
Honore de BalzacWhereas scoundrels become reconciled after knifing one another, lovers break up irrevocably over a mere glance or word.
Honore de Balzac