It is only in the act of nursing that a woman realizes her motherhood in visible and — Honoré de Balzac
A mother’s happiness is like a beacon, lighting up the future but reflected also on the — Honoré de Balzac
Laws are spider webs through which the big flies pass and the little ones get caught. — Honoré de Balzac
No man should marry until he has studied anatomy and dissected at least one woman. — Honoré de Balzac
A young bride is like a plucked flower; but a guilty wife is like a flower that had been walked over. — Honoré de Balzac
The most virtuous women have something within them, something that is never chaste. — Honoré de Balzac
Equality may perhaps be a right, but no power on earth can ever turn it into a fact. — Honoré de Balzac
When women love us, they forgive us everything, even our crimes; when they do not love us — Honoré de Balzac
We exaggerate misfortune and happiness alike. We are never as bad off or as happy as we say we are. — Honoré de Balzac
Suicide, moreover, was at the time in vogue in paris: what more suitable key to the — Honoré de Balzac
For passion, be it observed, brings insight with it; it can give a sort of intelligence to — Honoré de Balzac
First love is a kind of vaccination which saves a man from catching the complaint the second time. — Honoré de Balzac
When religion and royalty are swept away, the people will attack the great, and after — Honoré de Balzac
Wisdom is that apprehension of heavenly things to which the spirit rises through love. — Honoré de Balzac
Women are tenacious, and all of them should be tenacious of respect; without esteem — Honoré de Balzac
What is a child, monsieur, but the image of two beings, the fruit of two sentiments spontaneously blended? — Honoré de Balzac
Vocations which we wanted to pursue, but didn’t, bleed, like colors, on the whole of our existence. — Honoré de Balzac
Unintelligent persons are like weeds that thrive in good ground; they love to be amused — Honoré de Balzac