836 Quotes by Honoré de Balzac

Envy is the most stupid of vices, for there is no single advantage to be gained from it.

Clouds symbolize the veils that shroud God.

Innocence alone dares commit certain acts of audacity. Virtue, when tutored, is as calculating as vice.

One exits with one's husband -- one lives with one's lover.

The prodigality of millionaires is comparable only to their greed of gain. Let some whim or passion seize them and money is of no account. In fact these Croesuses find whims and passions harder to come by than gold.

The impossible is justified by the fact that it occurred

A man is a poor creature compared to a woman.

Envy lurks at the bottom of the human heart like a viper in its hole.

Le coeur d'une me' re est un ab|"me au fond duquel se trouve toujours un pardon. A mother'sheart isanabyss atthebottomof whichthere is always forgiveness.