There are as many mediocrities exalted through pity as masters decried through envy.
Honore de BalzacDeath is as unexpected in his caprice as a courtesan in her disdain; but death is truer – Death has never forsaken any man
Honore de BalzacIf we all said to people's faces what we say behind one another's backs, society would be impossible.
Honore de Balzac