Quotes by : Honoré de Balzac

If youth were not ignorant and timid, civilization would be impossible.

Have you ever plunged into the immensity of space and time by reading the geological treatises of Cuvier?....

In Paris, when certain people see you ready to set your foot in the stirrup, some pull your coat-tails,....

Was she acting entirely consciously? No: women are always sincere, even in the midst of their most shocking....

Poverty has in its favour an exquisite sleep filled with beautiful dreams.

Our heart is a treasury; if you pour out all its wealth at once, you are bankrupt.

Love is the most melodious of all harmonies and the sentiment of love is innate. Woman is a delightful....

Here comes Mamma Vauquerr, fair as a starrr; and strung up like a bunch of carrots. Aren't we suffocating....

So, my dear fellow, if I don't believe in God, I believe still less in man.

Ah! What pleasure it must be to a woman to suffer for the one she loves!