Honoré de Balzac Quotes

Behind every great fortune there is a crime.

Debts are becoming for 25-year-olds; after this, no one forgives them.

Greed begins where poverty ends.

Man is neither good nor evil; he is born with instincts and abilities.

Passion is all of humanity. Without it, religion, history, the novel and art would be useless.

Deeds are nothing. They do not exist.Only our ideas survive.

A mother’s heart is an abyss at the bottom of which there is always forgiveness.

Love has its own instinct. It knows how to find the road to the heart just as the weakest insect moves toward its flower by an irresistible will which fears nothing.

Love is not only a feeling; it is also an art.

For him, faith; for her, doubt and for her the heavier load: does not the woman always suffer for both?

Many men have pride that causes them to hide their combats and to only show themselves victorious.

Hatred is a tonic, it makes one live, it inspires vengeance; but pity kills, it weakens our weaknesses still further.

Happiness engulfs our strength, just as misfortune extinguishes our virtues.

In times of crisis, the heart either breaks or boldens.

In all things, we should only be judged by our peers.