Balzac Quotes

A letter is a soul, so faithful an echo of the speaking voice that to the sensitive it is among the richest treasures of love. - Honore De Balzac

A jealous husband doesnt doubt his wife, but himself. - Honore De Balzac

A husband who submits to his wife's yoke is justly held an object of ridicule. A woman's influence ought to be entirely concealed. - Honore De Balzac

A husband and wife who have separate bedrooms have either drifted apart or found happiness. - Honore De Balzac

A grocer is attracted to his business by a magnetic force as great as the repulsion which renders it odious to artists. - Honore De Balzac

A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband. - Honore De Balzac

A good husband is never the first to go to sleep at night or the last to awake in the morning. - Honore De Balzac

A flow of words is a sure sign of duplicity. - Honore De Balzac

A courage which looks easy and yet is rare; the courage of a teacher repeating day after day the same lessons - the least rewarded of all forms of courage. - Honore De Balzac

A city (Paris) where great ideas perish, done to death by a witticism. - Honore De Balzac