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

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.

Love passes quickly, and passes like a street Arab, anxious to mark his way with...

Love passes quickly, and passes like a street Arab, anxious to mark his way with...

Nothing so fortifies a friendship as a belief on the part of one friend that...

Nothing so fortifies a friendship as a belief on the part of one friend that...

When Religion and Royalty are swept away, the people will attack the great, and after...

When Religion and Royalty are swept away, the people will attack the great, and after...

Love may be or it may not, but where it is, it ought to reveal...

Love may be or it may not, but where it is, it ought to reveal...

All humanity is passion; without passion, religion, history, novels, art would be ineffectual.

All humanity is passion; without passion, religion, history, novels, art would be ineffectual.

The errors of women spring, almost always, from their faith in the good, or their...

The errors of women spring, almost always, from their faith in the good, or their...

For passion, be it observed, brings insight with it; it can give a sort of...

For passion, be it observed, brings insight with it; it can give a sort of...

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 is something great and terrible about suicide.

There is something great and terrible about suicide.

The motto of chivalry is also the motto of wisdom; to serve all, but love...

The motto of chivalry is also the motto of wisdom; to serve all, but love...

True love is eternal, infinite, and always like itself. It is equal and pure, without...

True love is eternal, infinite, and always like itself. It is equal and pure, without...

Nothing is a greater impediment to being on good terms with others than being ill...

Nothing is a greater impediment to being on good terms with others than being ill...

To our shame a woman is never so much attached to us as when we...

To our shame a woman is never so much attached to us as when we...

Economized love is never real love

Economized love is never real love

Bureaucracy is a giant mechanism operated by pygmies.

Bureaucracy is a giant mechanism operated by pygmies.

The man as he converses is the lover; silent, he is the husband.

The man as he converses is the lover; silent, he is the husband.

Conscience is our unerring judge until we finally stifle it.

Conscience is our unerring judge until we finally stifle it.

Modesty is the conscience of the body.

Modesty is the conscience of the body.

The smallest flower is a thought, a life answering to some feature of the Great...

The smallest flower is a thought, a life answering to some feature of the Great...