A young bride is like a plucked flower; but a guilty wife is like a flower that had been walked over.
Honore de BalzacThe life of a man who deliberately runs through his fortune often becomes a business speculation; his friends, his pleasures, patrons, and acquaintances are his capital.
Honore de BalzacWho shall ever tell how much an unmerited disfavor crushes a shy person? Who can ever depict the misfortunes of timidity?
Honore de Balzac