--- title: "Best Marriage Quotes by Honoré de Balzac" description: "58 Marriage quotes by Honoré de Balzac. Plus more from Honoré de Balzac and more Marriage sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/47e/honor-de-balzac-197_deceive_the-woman-who-is-about-to-deceive-her-hu_2607673.png" --- > [The woman who is about to deceive her husband always carefully thinks out how she is going to act, but she is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/honor-de-balzac/the-woman-who-is-about-to-deceive-her-husband-always-carefully-thinks/) [Honore de Balzac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/honor-de-balzac/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/47e/honor-de-balzac-197_deceive_the-woman-who-is-about-to-deceive-her-hu_2607673.png) > [A husband who submits to his wife's yoke is justly held an object of ridicule. A woman's influence ought to be entirely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/honor-de-balzac/a-husband-who-submits-to-his-wife-s-yoke-is-justly-held-an-object-of/) [Honore de Balzac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/honor-de-balzac/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/914/honor-de-balzac-197_concealed_a-husband-who-submits-to-his-wife-s-yoke_2479406.png) > [Marriage is a fight to the death. Before contracting it, the two parties concerned implore the benediction of Heaven because to promise…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/honor-de-balzac/marriage-is-a-fight-to-the-death-before-contracting-it-the-two/) [Honore de Balzac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/honor-de-balzac/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/16e/honor-de-balzac-197_benediction_marriage-is-a-fight-to-the-death-before_1507407.png) > [To have one's mother-in-law in the country when one lives in Paris, and vice versa, is one of those strokes of luck…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/honor-de-balzac/to-have-one-s-mother-in-law-in-the-country-when-one-lives-in-paris/) [Honore de Balzac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/honor-de-balzac/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f9/honor-de-balzac-197_country_to-have-one-s-mother-in-law-in-the-count_3213207.jpg) > [It is easier to be a lover than a husband for the simple reason that it is more difficult to be witty…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/honor-de-balzac/it-is-easier-to-be-a-lover-than-a-husband-for-the-simple-reason-that/) [Honore De Balzac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/honor-de-balzac/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/420/honor-de-balzac-197_easier_it-is-easier-to-be-a-lover-than-a-husban_1508352.png) > [She who is really a wife, one in heart, flesh, and bone, must follow wherever he leads, in whom her life, her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/honor-de-balzac/she-who-is-really-a-wife-one-in-heart-flesh-and-bone-must-follow/) [Honore de Balzac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/honor-de-balzac/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b2e/honor-de-balzac-197_bones_she-who-is-really-a-wife-one-in-heart-fl_1980780.jpg) > [A husband and wife who are in the habit of occupying separate rooms are either beings apart, or they have found happiness.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/honor-de-balzac/a-husband-and-wife-who-are-in-the-habit-of-occupying-separate-rooms/) [Honore de Balzac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/honor-de-balzac/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be9/honor-de-balzac-197_adore_a-husband-and-wife-who-are-in-the-habit_2204559.png) > [“Parent may hinder their children's marriage; but children cannot interfere with the insane acts of their parents in their second childhood.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/honor-de-balzac/parent-may-hinder-their-children-s-marriage-but-children-cannot/) [Honoré de Balzac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/honor-de-balzac/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6cc/honor-de-balzac-197_child_parent-may-hinder-their-children-s-marri_3020749.png) > [Constancy will always be the genius of love, the indication of that strength which constitutes the poet. A man should possess all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/honor-de-balzac/constancy-will-always-be-the-genius-of-love-the-indication-of-that/) [Honore de Balzac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/honor-de-balzac/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/09a/honor-de-balzac-197_century_constancy-will-always-be-the-genius-of-l_1588124.png) > [Your women of fashion ceases to be a woman. She is neither mother, nor wife, nor lover. She is, medically speaking, sex…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/honor-de-balzac/your-women-of-fashion-ceases-to-be-a-woman-she-is-neither-mother-nor/) [Honore de Balzac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/honor-de-balzac/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/327/honor-de-balzac-197_brain_your-women-of-fashion-ceases-to-be-a-wom_1144671.png) > [When tempted to be unfaithful, the intellectual woman will try to inspire her husband with indifference, the sentimental woman with hatred, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/honor-de-balzac/when-tempted-to-be-unfaithful-the-intellectual-woman-will-try-to/) [Honore de Balzac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/honor-de-balzac/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b8c/honor-de-balzac-197_disgusting_when-tempted-to-be-unfaithful-the-intell_1380228.jpg) > [Marriage is an institution necessary to the maintenance of society but contrary to the laws of nature.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/honor-de-balzac/marriage-is-an-institution-necessary-to-the-maintenance-of-society/) [Honore de Balzac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/honor-de-balzac/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1cd/honor-de-balzac-197_contrary_marriage-is-an-institution-necessary-to_3093480.png) > [An ugly woman, married to King Henry VIII, would have defied the axe and daunted her husband's infidelities.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/honor-de-balzac/an-ugly-woman-married-to-king-henry-viii-would-have-defied-the-axe/) [Honore de Balzac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/honor-de-balzac/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c71/honor-de-balzac-197_henry-v_an-ugly-woman-married-to-king-henry-viii_2957107.png) > [Can you find a man who loves the occupation that provides him with a livelihood? Professions are like marriages; we end by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/honor-de-balzac/can-you-find-a-man-who-loves-the-occupation-that-provides-him-with-a/) [Honore de Balzac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/honor-de-balzac/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d96/honor-de-balzac-197_career_can-you-find-a-man-who-loves-the-occupat_3031331.png) > [Le mariage doit incessamment combattre un monstre qui de v ore tout: l'habitude. Marriage should always combat the monster that devours everything:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/honor-de-balzac/le-mariage-doit-incessamment-combattre-un-monstre-qui-de-v-ore-tout-l/) [Honore de Balzac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/honor-de-balzac/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/426/honor-de-balzac-197_combat_le-mariage-doit-incessamment-combattre-u_2966970.png) > [When a woman wants to betray her husband, her actions are almost invariably studied but they are never reasoned.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/honor-de-balzac/when-a-woman-wants-to-betray-her-husband-her-actions-are-almost/) [Honore de Balzac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/honor-de-balzac/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2fa/honor-de-balzac-197_action_when-a-woman-wants-to-betray-her-husband_373576.png) > [Among fifty percent of your married couples, the husband worries very little about what his wife is doing, provided she is doing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/honor-de-balzac/among-fifty-percent-of-your-married-couples-the-husband-worries-very/) [Honore de Balzac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/honor-de-balzac/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e0/honor-de-balzac-197_couple_among-fifty-percent-of-your-married-coup_163393.png) > [A lover always thinks of his mistress first and himself second; with a husband it runs the other way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/honor-de-balzac/a-lover-always-thinks-of-his-mistress-first-and-himself-second-with-a/) [Honore de Balzac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/honor-de-balzac/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b46/honor-de-balzac-197_husband_a-lover-always-thinks-of-his-mistress-fi_1493531.png) ## Other authors on Marriage - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-nikhil-saluja-71464.jpg) Nikhil Saluja 233 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/marriage/nikhil-saluja/) - [Jarod Kintz 103 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/marriage/jarod-kintz/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b012/author-jane-austen-47065.jpg) Jane Austen 101 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/marriage/jane-austen/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-oscar-wilde-72846.jpg) Oscar Wilde 98 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/marriage/oscar-wilde/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-william-shakespeare-95899.jpg) William Shakespeare 95 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/marriage/william-shakespeare/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-vikrant-parsai-70.jpg) Vikrant Parsai 87 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/marriage/vikrant-parsai/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-rodney-dangerfield-80610.jpg) Rodney Dangerfield 84 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/marriage/rodney-dangerfield/) - [Suzanne Finnamore 78 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/marriage/suzanne-finnamore/) - [Mokokoma Mokhonoana 78 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/marriage/mokokoma-mokhonoana/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-gary-chapman-36937.jpg) Gary Chapman 76 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/marriage/gary-chapman/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-rajneesh-77002.jpg) Rajneesh 72 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/marriage/rajneesh/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b009/author-elizabeth-gilbert-32532.jpg) Elizabeth Gilbert 72 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/marriage/elizabeth-gilbert/) ## More by Honoré de Balzac > [“Oh, my friend, when you love, love a woman whom you are sure that you can love always. Never forsake a woman.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/honor-de-balzac/oh-my-friend-when-you-love-love-a-woman-whom-you-are-sure-that-you/) [Honoré de Balzac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/honor-de-balzac/) > [“You have broken the ice, though you have not even scratched its glossy surface: you have placed your hand upon the croup of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/honor-de-balzac/you-have-broken-the-ice-though-you-have-not-even-scratched-its-glossy/) [Honoré de Balzac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/honor-de-balzac/) > [In a world of hunchbacks, a fine figure becomes a monstrosity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/honor-de-balzac/in-a-world-of-hunchbacks-a-fine-figure-becomes-a-monstrosity/) [Honore de Balzac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/honor-de-balzac/) > [It is quite right what they say: the three most beautiful sights in the world are a ship in full sail, a galloping horse,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/honor-de-balzac/it-is-quite-right-what-they-say-the-three-most-beautiful-sights-in/) [Honore de Balzac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/honor-de-balzac/) > [My writing table has seen all my wretchedness, knows all my plans, has overheard all my thoughts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/honor-de-balzac/my-writing-table-has-seen-all-my-wretchedness-knows-all-my-plans-has/) [Honore de Balzac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/honor-de-balzac/) > [Foppery, being the chronic condition of women, is not so much noticed as it is when it breaks out on the person of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/honor-de-balzac/foppery-being-the-chronic-condition-of-women-is-not-so-much-noticed/) [Honore de Balzac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/honor-de-balzac/) > [A married woman is a slave you must know how to seat upon a throne.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/honor-de-balzac/a-married-woman-is-a-slave-you-must-know-how-to-seat-upon-a-throne/) [Honore de Balzac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/honor-de-balzac/) > [Rich men are resolved to be astonished at nothing. When they see a masterpiece, they must needs at one glance recognize some flaw to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/honor-de-balzac/rich-men-are-resolved-to-be-astonished-at-nothing-when-they-see-a/) [Honore de Balzac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/honor-de-balzac/) > [I am a galley slave to pen and ink.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/honor-de-balzac/i-am-a-galley-slave-to-pen-and-ink/) [Honore de Balzac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/honor-de-balzac/) > [One can imagine the look the two lovers exchanged; it was like a flame, for virtuous lovers have not a shred of hypocrisy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/honor-de-balzac/one-can-imagine-the-look-the-two-lovers-exchanged-it-was-like-a-flame/) [Honore de Balzac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/honor-de-balzac/) > [White and shining virgin of all human virtues, ark of the covenant between earth and heaven, tender and strong companion partaking of the lion…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/honor-de-balzac/white-and-shining-virgin-of-all-human-virtues-ark-of-the-covenant/) [Honore de Balzac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/honor-de-balzac/) > [All men can bear a familiar, definite misfortune better than the cruel alternations of a fate which, from one moment to another, brings excessive…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/honor-de-balzac/all-men-can-bear-a-familiar-definite-misfortune-better-than-the-cruel/) [Honore de Balzac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/honor-de-balzac/) > [The mind, too, has its regimen. It needs gymnastics, just like the body does.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/honor-de-balzac/the-mind-too-has-its-regimen-it-needs-gymnastics-just-like-the-body/) [Honore de Balzac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/honor-de-balzac/) > [Hatred like love feeds on the merest trifles. Everything adds to it. Just as the being we love can do no wrong, so the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/honor-de-balzac/hatred-like-love-feeds-on-the-merest-trifles-everything-adds-to-it/) [Honore de Balzac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/honor-de-balzac/) > [All human power is a compound of time and patience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/honor-de-balzac/all-human-power-is-a-compound-of-time-and-patience/) [Honore de Balzac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/honor-de-balzac/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/marriage/honor-de-balzac/#itemlist", "name": "Best Marriage Quotes by Honoré de Balzac", "numberOfItems": 18, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The woman who is about to deceive her husband always carefully thinks out how she is going to act, but she is never logical.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Honoré de Balzac" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/honor-de-balzac/the-woman-who-is-about-to-deceive-her-husband-always-carefully-thinks/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/47e/honor-de-balzac-197_deceive_the-woman-who-is-about-to-deceive-her-hu_2607673.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/47e/honor-de-balzac-197_deceive_the-woman-who-is-about-to-deceive-her-hu_2607673.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/47e/honor-de-balzac-197_deceive_the-woman-who-is-about-to-deceive-her-hu_2607673.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The woman who is about to deceive her husband always carefully thinks out how she is going to act, but she…” — Honore de Balzac", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A husband who submits to his wife's yoke is justly held an object of ridicule. 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