"It is easy to sit up and take notice, What is difficult is getting up and taking action."
"A letter is a soul, so faithful an echo of the speaking voice that to the sensitive it is among the richest treasures of love."
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Source: Honore de Balzac (2011). “The Magic Skin: Or The Wild Ass's Skin”, p.97, The Floating Press
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