"Modesty is the conscience of the body...." - Quote by Honore De Balzac

“Love is the poetry of the senses.”

“An unfulfilled vocation drains the color from a man's entire existence.”

“Sometimes, one gesture comprises an entire drama, the accent of one word ruins an entire existence, and the indifference of one glance kills the happiest passion.”

“And keep you in the rear of your affection, Out of the shot and danger of desire, The chariest maid is prodigal enough If she unmasks her beauty to the moon.”

“Timidity makes a person modest. It makes him or her say, "I'm not worthy of being written up in the record of deeds in heaven or on earth." Timidity keeps people from their good. They are afraid to say, "Yes, I deserve it."”

“Never, never, you must never either of you remind a man at work on a political job that he may be President.”

“The money one gets for selling one's soul is always spent in deadening one's conscience, so the net gain at the end of a lifetime is no greater than if the diabolic bargain had not been struck.”

“If you look into your own heart, and you find nothing wrong there, what is there to worry about? What is there to fear?”

“The man who does not wish to belong to the mass needs only to cease taking himself easily; let him follow his conscience, which calls to him: "Be your self! All you are now doing, thinking, desiring, is not you yourself.”