The life of a man who deliberately runs through his fortune often becomes a business speculation; his friends, his pleasures, patrons, and acquaintances are his capital.

Quote by Honore De Balzac

Topics: Friends Quotes

Solitude is fine, but you need someone to tell you that solitude is fine.

Solitude is fine, but you need someone to tell you that solitude is fine.

If certain women walk straight into adultery, there are many others who cling to numerous...

If certain women walk straight into adultery, there are many others who cling to numerous...

Towns find it as hard as houses of business to rise again from ruin.

Towns find it as hard as houses of business to rise again from ruin.

A man is a poor creature compared to a woman.

A man is a poor creature compared to a woman.

If we could but paint with the hand what we see with the eye.

If we could but paint with the hand what we see with the eye.

There is no such thing as a great talent without great will power.

There is no such thing as a great talent without great will power.

Death unites as well as separates; it silences all paltry feeling.

Death unites as well as separates; it silences all paltry feeling.

The habits of life form the soul, and the soul forms the countenance.

The habits of life form the soul, and the soul forms the countenance.

There are some women whose pregnancy would make some sly bachelor smile.

There are some women whose pregnancy would make some sly bachelor smile.

Modesty is the conscience of the body.

Modesty is the conscience of the body.

Those who spend too fast never grow rich.

Those who spend too fast never grow rich.

Power is the capacity to distort information

Power is the capacity to distort information

Sometimes at the best moments a single word or a look is enough.

Sometimes at the best moments a single word or a look is enough.

A jealous husband doesnt doubt his wife, but himself.

A jealous husband doesnt doubt his wife, but himself.

First love is a kind of vaccination which saves a man from catching the complaint...

First love is a kind of vaccination which saves a man from catching the complaint...

Behind every great fortune lies a great crime.

Behind every great fortune lies a great crime.

Vocations which we wanted to pursue, but didn't, bleed, like colors, on the whole of...

Vocations which we wanted to pursue, but didn't, bleed, like colors, on the whole of...

It is easy to sit up and take notice, What is difficult is getting up...

It is easy to sit up and take notice, What is difficult is getting up...

At fifteen, beauty and talent do not exist; there can only be promise of the...

At fifteen, beauty and talent do not exist; there can only be promise of the...

Men die in despair, while spirits die in ecstasy.

Men die in despair, while spirits die in ecstasy.