A married woman is a slave you must know how to seat upon a throne. — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
No man should marry until he has studied anatomy and dissected at least one woman. — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
A sacrament by virtue of which each imparts nothing but vexations to the other. — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
Everybody all over the world takes a wife's estimate into account in forming an opinion of a man. — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
To be happy, a man must love his wife as she chooses to be loved. — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
Marriage must incessantly contend with a monster that devours everything: familiarity. — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
One should believe in marriage as in the immortality of the soul. — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
A young bride is like a plucked flower; but a guilty wife is like a flower that had been walked over. — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
Marriageable girls as well as mothers understand the terms and perils of the lottery called wedlock. That is why women weep at… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
In a husband, there is only a man; in a married woman, there is a man, a father, a mother and a… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
It is easier to be a lover than a husband for the simple reason that it is more difficult to be witty… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
The press is like a woman: sublime when it lies, it will not let go until it has forced you to believe… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
Between the daylight gambler and the player at night there is the same difference that lies between a careless husband and the… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
Squeeze marriage as much as you like, you will never extract anything from it but fun for bachelors and boredom for husbands. — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
A woman's sentimental monkeyshines will always deceive her lover, who invariably waxes ecstatic where her husband necessarily shrugs his shoulders. — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
A wife is property that one acquires by contract, she is transferable, because possession of her requires title; in fact, woman is,… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
It is easier for a woman to be a good wife than a good mother. A widow has two duties with contrary… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
“She is right,” said the baroness. “We are sent into the world to marry.” “Do you encourage her in disobedience?” said the… — Honoré de Balzac Copy Share Image
“Hortense was a wife; Valerie a mistress. Many men desire to have these two editions of the same work, although it is… — Honoré de Balzac Copy Share Image
Marriage is a fight to the death, before which the wedded couple ask a blessing from heaven, because it is the rashest… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
Marriage is a fierce battle before which the two partners ask heaven for its blessing, because loving each other is the most… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
When passion is not fed, it changes to need. At this juncture, marriage becomes a fixed idea in the mind of the… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
Constancy will always be the genius of love, the indication of that strength which constitutes the poet. A man should possess all… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
“Piombo and his wife, persons without education, had allowed Ginevra to study as she pleased. Following her caprices as a young girl,… — Honoré de Balzac Copy Share Image
The man who enters his wife's dressing room is either a philosopher or a fool. — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
Among even the happiest married couples there are always moments of regret. — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
Marriage must fight constantly against a monster which devours everything: routine. — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
A good husband is never the first to go to sleep at night or the last to awake in the morning. — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
Marriage must perforce fight against the all-devouring monster of habit. — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
The majority of husbands remind me of an orangutan trying to play the violin. — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
A husband and wife who have separate bedrooms have either drifted apart or found happiness. — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
A husband can commit no greater blunder than to discuss his wife, if she is virtuous, with his mistress; unless it be… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
Self-love is as protective as the Deity; Disenchantment is as perspicacious as a surgeon; Experience is as provident as a mother. Such… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
“Oh, my friend, when you love, love a woman whom you are sure that you can love always. Never forsake a woman.” — Honoré de Balzac Copy Share Image
“You have broken the ice, though you have not even scratched its glossy surface: you have placed your hand upon the croup of the… — Honoré de Balzac Copy Share Image
It is quite right what they say: the three most beautiful sights in the world are a ship in full sail, a galloping horse,… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
My writing table has seen all my wretchedness, knows all my plans, has overheard all my thoughts. — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
Foppery, being the chronic condition of women, is not so much noticed as it is when it breaks out on the person of the… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
A married woman is a slave you must know how to seat upon a throne. — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
Rich men are resolved to be astonished at nothing. When they see a masterpiece, they must needs at one glance recognize some flaw to… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
One can imagine the look the two lovers exchanged; it was like a flame, for virtuous lovers have not a shred of hypocrisy. — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
White and shining virgin of all human virtues, ark of the covenant between earth and heaven, tender and strong companion partaking of the lion… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
All men can bear a familiar, definite misfortune better than the cruel alternations of a fate which, from one moment to another, brings excessive… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
