How natural it is to destroy what we cannot possess, to deny what we do not understand, and to insult what we envy! HONORE DE BALZAC DestroyInsultJealousNaturalPossession
The man who enters his wife’s dressing room is either a philosopher or a fool. HONORE DE BALZAC FoolsHimselfManPhilosophyWife
Law is a silvery web that lets the big flies pass and catches all the small ones. HONORE DE BALZAC CatchLawOneselfPassSmall
It is easier to be a lover than a husband for the simple reason that it is more difficult to be witty every day than to say pretty things from time to time. HONORE DE BALZAC DifficultEasyHusbandLoveSimplicityTalkTime
Some day you will find out that there is far more happiness in another’s happiness than in your own. HONORE DE BALZAC DayFindingHappinessYourself
Equality may be a right, but no power on earth can convert it into fact. HONORE DE BALZAC ConversionEarthEqualityFactPowerRight
