For passion, be it observed, brings insight with it; it can give a sort of intelligence to simpletons, fools, and idiots, especially during youth. Honore de Balzac Intelligence
A good husband is never the first to go to sleep at night or the last to awake in the morning. Honore de Balzac Marriage
The majority of husbands remind me of an orangutan trying to play the violin. Honore de Balzac Marriage
Small natures require despotism to exercise their sinews, as great souls thirst for equality to give play to their heart. Honore de Balzac Equality
Marriage must incessantly contend with a monster that devours everything: familiarity. Honore de Balzac Marriage
Political liberty, the peace of a nation, and science itself are gifts for which Fate demands a heavy tax in blood! Honore de Balzac Science
Equality may perhaps be a right, but no power on earth can ever turn it into a fact. Honore de Balzac Equality
The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness. Honore de Balzac Forgiveness
But reason always cuts a poor figure beside sentiment; the one being essentially restricted, like everything that is positive, while the other is infinite. Honore de Balzac Positive
The art of motherhood involves much silent, unobtrusive self-denial, an hourly devotion which finds no detail too minute. Honore de Balzac Mom
To those who have exhausted politics, nothing remains but abstract thought. Honore de Balzac Politics
Political liberty, the peace of a nation, and science itself are gifts for which Fate demands a heavy tax in blood! Honore de Balzac Peace
A good husband is never the first to go to sleep at night or the last to awake in the morning. Honore de Balzac Morning
All humanity is passion; without passion, religion, history, novels, art would be ineffectual. Honore de Balzac Art