836 Quotes by Honoré de Balzac

Excess of joy is harder to bear than any amount of sorrow.

Society is no more indulgent than was the God of Genesis.

For a sick man the world begins at his pillow and ends at the foot of his bed.

A year at the breast is quite enough; children who are suckled longer are said to grow stupid, and I am all for popular sayings.

Men die in despair, while spirits die in ecstasy.

Love based upon money and vanity forms the most stubborn of passions.

Woman is a most charming creature, who changes her heart as easily as she does her gloves.

Despotism accomplishes great things illegally; liberty doesn't even go to the trouble of accomplishing small things legally.

Marriageable girls as well as mothers understand the terms and perils of the lottery called wedlock. That is why women weep at a wedding and men smile.