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 r… - Honoré de Balzac

Oh ! voilà l’amour vrai, sans chicanes : il est ou n’est pas ; mais quand il est, il doit se produire dans son immensité.

Ambitious men spend their youth in rendering themselves worthy of patronage; it is their great mistake. While the foolish creatures are laying in stores of knowledge and energy, so that they shall not sink under the weight of responsible posts that recede from them, schemers come and go who are wealthy in words and destitute of ideas, astonish the ignorant, and creep into the confidence of those who have a little knowledge.

Remorse is impotence, impotence which sins again. Repentance alone is powerful; it ends all.