The man whose action habitually bears the stamp of his mind is a genius, but the greatest genius is not always equal to himself, or he would cease to be human.
Honore De Balzac

The more one judges, the less one loves.
Honore de Balzac

The most virtuous women have something within them, something that is never chaste.
Honore de Balzac

The motto of chivalry is also the motto of wisdom; to serve all, but love only one.
Honore de Balzac

The smallest flower is a thought, a life answering to some feature of the Great Whole, of whom they have a persistent intuition.
Honore De Balzac

There are some women whose pregnancy would make some sly bachelor smile.
Honore De Balzac

There is no such thing as a great talent without great will power.
Honore de Balzac

There is something great and terrible about suicide.
Honore De Balzac

Those who spend too fast never grow rich.
Honore De Balzac

Thought is a key to all treasures; the miser's gains are ours without his cares. Thus I have soared above this world, where my enjoyment have been intellectual joys.
Honore de Balzac

To kill a relative of whom you are tired is something. But to inherit his property afterwards, that is genuine pleasure.
Honore de Balzac

To those who have exhausted politics, nothing remains but abstract thought.
Honore de Balzac

Towns find it as hard as houses of business to rise again from ruin.
Honore de Balzac

True love is eternal, infinite, and always like itself. It is equal and pure, without violent demonstrations: it is seen with white hairs and is always young in the heart.
Honore de Balzac

Unintelligent persons are like weeds that thrive in good ground; they love to be amused in proportion to the degree in which they weary themselves.
Honore de Balzac

Virtue, perhaps, is nothing more than politeness of soul.
Honore de Balzac

Vocations which we wanted to pursue, but didn't, bleed, like colors, on the whole of our existence.
Honore de Balzac

We exaggerate misfortune and happiness alike. We are never as bad off or as happy as we say we are.
Honore de Balzac

What is a child, monsieur, but the image of two beings, the fruit of two sentiments spontaneously blended?
Honore De Balzac

What is art? Nature concentrated.
Honore de Balzac