All humanity is passion without passion, religion, history, novels, art would be ineffectual. Honore de Balzac on art
At fifteen, beauty and talent do not exist there can only be promise of the coming woman. Honore de Balzac on beauty
Children, dear and loving children, can alone console a woman for the loss of her beauty. Honore de Balzac on beauty
Towns find it as hard as houses of business to rise again from ruin. Honore de Balzac on business
A grocer is attracted to his business by a magnetic force as great as the repulsion which renders it odious to artists. Honore de Balzac on business
The life of a man who deliberately runs through his fortune often becomes a business speculation his friends, his pleasures, patrons, and acquaintances are his capital. Honore de Balzac on business
Death unites as well as separates it silences all paltry feeling. Honore de Balzac on death
Equality may perhaps be a right, but no power on earth can ever turn it into a fact. Honore de Balzac on equality
Small natures require despotism to exercise their sinews, as great souls thirst for equality to give play to their heart. Honore de Balzac on equality
I do not regard a broker as a member of the human race. Honore de Balzac on finance
Finance, like time, devours its own children. Honore de Balzac on finance
When women love us, they forgive us everything, even our crimes when they do not love us, they give us credit for nothing, not even our virtues. Honore de Balzac on forgiveness
The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness. Honore de Balzac on forgiveness
Nothing so fortifies a friendship as a belief on the part of one friend that he is superior to the other. Honore de Balzac on friendship