Women are always true, even in the midst of their greatest falsities, because they are always influenced by some natural feeling.
Honore de BalzacRemorse is impotent; it will repeat its faults. Repentance only is a true force; it puts an end to everything.
Honore de BalzacThe Police and the Society of Jesus posses in common the virtue of never forsaking their enemies as friends.
Honore de Balzac