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 love
Love may be or it may not, but where it is, it ought to reveal itself in its immensity. Honore de Balzac on love
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 on love
Nobody loves a woman because she is handsome or ugly, stupid or intelligent. We love because we love. Honore de Balzac on love
The motto of chivalry is also the motto of wisdom to serve all, but love only one. Honore de Balzac on love
A good husband is never the first to go to sleep at night or the last to awake in the morning. Honore de Balzac on marriage
No man should marry until he has studied anatomy and dissected at least one woman. Honore de Balzac on marriage
The majority of husbands remind me of an orangutan trying to play the violin. Honore de Balzac on marriage
Marriage must incessantly contend with a monster that devours everything: familiarity. Honore de Balzac on marriage
One should believe in marriage as in the immortality of the soul. Honore de Balzac on marriage
Men die in despair, while spirits die in ecstasy. Honore de Balzac on men
Ideas devour the ages as men are devoured by their passions. When man is cured, human nature will cure itself perhaps. Honore de Balzac on men
Many men are deeply moved by the mere semblance of suffering in a woman they take the look of pain for a sign of constancy or of love. Honore de Balzac on men
It is only in the act of nursing that a woman realizes her motherhood in visible and tangible fashion it is a joy of every moment. Honore de Balzac on mom
A good husband is never the first to go to sleep at night or the last to awake in the morning. Honore de Balzac on morning
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 on music
Nature makes only dumb animals. We owe the fools to society. Honore de Balzac on nature