More Quotes by Honoré de Balzac
There is no such thing as a great talent without great will power.
How natural it is to destroy what we cannot possess, to deny what we do not understand, and to insult what we envy!
Some day you will find out that there is far more happiness in another's happiness than in your own.
Every moment of happiness requires a great amount of Ignorance
In diving to the bottom of pleasure we bring up more gravel than pearls.
If you are to judge a man, you must know his secret thoughts, sorrows, and feelings; to know merely the outward events of a man's life would only serve to make a chronological table-a fool's notion of history.
It is easy to sit up and take notice, What is difficult is getting up and taking action.
A husband and wife who have separate bedrooms have either drifted apart or found happiness.
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.
He has great tranquility of heart who cares neither for the praises nor the fault-finding of men.
