It is easy to sit up and take notice, what is difficult is getting up and taking action. — Honoré de Balzac
It is easier to be a lover than a husband for the simple reason that it is more difficult to be — Honoré de Balzac
If those who are the enemies of innocent amusements had the direction of the world — Honoré de Balzac
All humanity is passion; without passion, religion, history, novels, art would be ineffectual. — Honoré de Balzac
A grocer is attracted to his business by a magnetic force as great as the repulsion — Honoré de Balzac
Between the daylight gambler and the player at night there is the same difference that lies — Honoré de Balzac
But reason always cuts a poor figure beside sentiment; the one being essentially restricted — Honoré de Balzac
Children, dear and loving children, can alone console a woman for the loss of her beauty. — Honoré de Balzac
At fifteen, beauty and talent do not exist; there can only be promise of the coming woman. — Honoré de Balzac
A mother’s life, you see, is one long succession of dramas, now soft and tender, now terrible. — Honoré de Balzac
A lover always thinks of his mistress first and himself second; with a husband it runs the other way. — Honoré de Balzac
A good husband is never the first to go to sleep at night or the last to awake in the morning. — Honoré de Balzac
The smallest flower is a thought, a life answering to some feature of the great whole — Honoré de Balzac
Most people of action are inclined to fatalism and most of thought believe in providence. — Honoré de Balzac