“ Laws are spider webs through which the big flies pass and the little ones get caught. Honore de Balzac
“ You're a fine fastidious young man, as proud as a lion, as gentle as a girl. You'd make a good catch for the devil. Honore de Balzac
“ Have you ever plunged into the immensity of space and time by reading the geological treatises of Cuvier? Borne away on the wings of his genius, have you hovered over the illimitable abyss of the past… Honore de Balzac
“ A young bride is like a plucked flower but a guilty wife is like a flower that had been walked over. Honore de Balzac
“ Emulation admires and strives to imitate great actions envy is only moved to malice. Honore de Balzac
“ It is always assumed by the empty-headed, who chatter about themselves for want of something better, that people who do not discuss their affairs openly must have something to hide. Honore de Balzac
“ Yes, I can understand that a man might go to gambling table - when he sees that all that lies between himself and death is his last crown Honore de Balzac
“ To that point, he had always found the vicomtesse overflowing with friendly politeness, that sweet-flowing grace conferred by an aristocratic education, and which is never truly there unless it comes,… Honore de Balzac
“ He hesitated till the last moment, but finally dropped them in the box, saying, I shall win!--the cry of a gambler, the cry of the great general, the compulsive cry that has ruined more men than it ha… Honore de Balzac
“ The fact is that love is of two kinds, one which commands, and one which obeys. The two are quite distinct, and the passion to which the one gives rise is not the passion of the other. Honore de Balzac
