Quote by Honoré de Balzac
"The secret of a great success, of which nobody knows anything, is a failure of which everybody has heard."
More from Honoré de Balzac
"The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness."
"Behind every great fortune there is a crime."
"The true test of civilization is not the census, nor the size of cities, but the kind of man the country turns out."
"Solitude is fine but you need someone to tell you that solitude is fine."