"Behind every great fortune lies a great..." - Quote by Honore De Balzac

“When women love us, they forgive us everything, even our crimes; when they do not love us, they give us credit for nothing, not even our virtues.”

“When you doubt your power, you give power to your doubt.”

“Love has its own instinct, finding the way to the heart, as the feeblest insect finds the way to its flower, with a will which nothing can dismay nor turn aside.”

“Do you know the only thing that gives me pleasure? It's to see my dividends coming in.”

“No man ought to own more property than needed for his livelihood; the rest, by right, belonged to the state.”

“Who is wise? He that learns from everyone. Who is powerful? He that governs his passions. Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody.”

“An aggressive war is the great crime against everything good in the world. A defensive war, which must necessarily turn to aggressive at the earliest moment, is the necessary great counter-crime. But never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime. Ask the infantry and ask the dead.”

“Preventive war is a crime not easily committed by a country that retains any traces of democracy.”

“Everyday there's more death, and plus I'm doughless. I'm seeing more reasons for me to proceed with thieving.”