Wisdom is that apprehension of heavenly things to which the spirit rises through love.

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• Honore de Balzac:

  Love may be or it may not, but where it is, it ought to reveal itself in its immensity.

• Honore de Balzac:

  Women are tenacious, and all of them should be tenacious of respect; without esteem they cannot exi

• Honore de Balzac:

  Unintelligent persons are like weeds that thrive in good ground; they love to be amused in proporti

• Honore de Balzac:

  Many men are deeply moved by the mere semblance of suffering in a woman; they take the look of pain

• Honore de Balzac:

  Love has its own instinct, finding the way to the heart, as the feeblest insect finds the way to it

• Honore de Balzac:

  The fact is that love is of two kinds, one which commands, and one which obeys. The two are quite d

• Honore de Balzac:

  True love is eternal, infinite, and always like itself. It is equal and pure, without violent demon

• Honore de Balzac:

  Love or hatred must constantly increase between two persons who are always together; every moment f

• Honore de Balzac:

  In diving to the bottom of pleasure we bring up more gravel than pearls.

• Honore de Balzac:

  Nothing is a greater impediment to being on good terms with others than being ill at ease with your