Quote 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.”

— Honoré 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…

— Honoré de Balzac

In a world of hunchbacks, a fine figure becomes a monstrosity.

— Honore 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,…

— Honore de Balzac

My writing table has seen all my wretchedness, knows all my plans, has overheard all my thoughts.

— Honore 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…

— Honore de Balzac

A married woman is a slave you must know how to seat upon a throne.

— Honore 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…

— Honore de Balzac

I am a galley slave to pen and ink.

— Honore 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.

— Honore 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…

— Honore 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…

— Honore de Balzac