Quotes from Honore de Balzac

No man should marry until he has studied anatomy and dissected at least one woman.

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

When women love us, they forgive us everything, even our crimes; when they do not love us, they give us credit for nothing, not even our virtues.

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

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.

Love passes quickly, and passes like a street Arab, anxious to mark his way with mischief

First love is a kind of vaccination which saves a man from catching the complaint the second time.

Love is a game in which one always cheats.

True love is eternal, infinite, and always like itself. It is equal and pure, without violent demonstrations: it is seen with white hairs and is always young in the heart.

The more one judges, the less one loves.

Economized love is never real love

Marriage must incessantly contend with a monster that devours everything: familiarity.

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.

A woman who has made fun of her husband can love him no more