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

— Honore de Balzac

All happiness depends on courage and work.

— Honore de Balzac

All happiness depends on courage and work. I have had many periods of wretchedness but with energy and above all with illusions I pulled through them all.

— Honore de Balzac

All humanity is passion; without passion, religion, history, novels, art would be ineffectual.

— Honore de Balzac

A mother's happiness is like a beacon, lighting up the future but reflected also on the past in the guise of fond memories.

— Honore de Balzac

A mother who is really a mother is never free.

— Honore de Balzac

A woman knows the face of the man she loves as a sailor knows the open sea.

— Honore de Balzac

A woman must be a genius to create a good husband.

— Honore de Balzac

A young bride is like a plucked flower, but a guilty wife is like a flower that had been walked over.

— Honore de Balzac

Behind every great fortune lies a great crime.

— Honore de Balzac