The thing that Balzac actually wrote—more or less "The secret of a great fortune without an apparent cause is a crime forgotten because it was properly done"—is a lot more fun than "Behind every great fortune is a crime," which he didn't write.
The thing that Balzac actually wrote—more or less "The secret of a great fortune without an apparent cause is a crime forgotten because it was properly done"—is a lot more fun than "Behind every great fortune is a crime," which he didn't write.