Rich men are resolved to be astonished at nothing. When they see a masterpiece, they must needs at one glance recognize some… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
The mind, too, has its regimen. It needs gymnastics, just like the body does. — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
Loyalty in time of need is possibly one of the noblest of victories a courtier can win over himself. — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
Rich women need not fear old age; their gold can always create about them any feelings necessary to their happiness. — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
Grief ennobles the commonest people because it has its own essential grandeur. To shine with the luster of grief, a person need… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
Un mari, comme un gouvernement, ne doit jamais avouer de faute. A husband, like a government, never needs to admit a fault. — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
Authentic love always assumes the mystery of modesty, even in its expression, because actions speak louder than words. Unlike a feigned love,… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
When chaste people need body or mind to resort to action or thought, they find steel in their muscles or knowledge in… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
Men are such dupes by choice, that he who would impose upon others never need be at a loss to find ready… — 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
It is as absurd to say that a man can't love one woman all the time as it is to say that… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
We must have books for recreation and entertainment, as well as books for instruction and for business; the former are agreeable, the… — 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
