Suicide, moreover, was at the time in vogue in Paris: what more suitable key to the mystery of life for a skeptical society? – Honore de Balzac
Nothing so fortifies a friendship as a belief on the part of one friend that he is superior to the other. – Honore de Balzac
The motto of chivalry is also the motto of wisdom; to serve all, but love only one. – Honore de Balzac
The fact is that love is of two kinds, one which commands, and one which obeys. The two are quite distinct, and the passion to which the one gives rise is not the passion of the other. – Honore de Balzac
True love is eternal, infinite, and always like itself. It is equal and pure, without violent demonstrations: it is seen with white hairs and is always young in the heart. – Honore de Balzac
If those who are the enemies of innocent amusements had the direction of the world, they would take away the spring, and youth, the former from the year, the latter from human life. – Honore de Balzac
The smallest flower is a thought, a life answering to some feature of the Great Whole, of whom they have a persistent intuition. – Honore de Balzac
Lovers have a way of using this word, nothing, which implies exactly the opposite. – Honore de Balzac
Wisdom is that apprehension of heavenly things to which the spirit rises through love. – Honore de Balzac
First love is a kind of vaccination which saves a man from catching the complaint the second time. – Honore de Balzac
It is as absurd to say that a man can’t love one woman all the time as it is to say that a violinist needs several violins to play the same piece of music. – Honore de Balzac
Nobody loves a woman because she is handsome or ugly, stupid or intelligent. We love because we love. – Honore de Balzac
