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

Quote by Honore De Balzac

Topics: Happiness Quotes

Sometimes at the best moments a single word or a look is enough.

Sometimes at the best moments a single word or a look is enough.

Bureaucracy is a giant mechanism operated by pygmies.

Bureaucracy is a giant mechanism operated by pygmies.

A mother who is really a mother is never free.

A mother who is really a mother is never free.

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

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

At fifteen, beauty and talent do not exist; there can only be promise of the...

At fifteen, beauty and talent do not exist; there can only be promise of the...

The man as he converses is the lover; silent, he is the husband.

The man as he converses is the lover; silent, he is the husband.

Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true.

Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true.

Between the daylight gambler and the player at night there is the same difference that...

Between the daylight gambler and the player at night there is the same difference that...

We exaggerate misfortune and happiness alike. We are never as bad off or as happy...

We exaggerate misfortune and happiness alike. We are never as bad off or as happy...

Modesty is the conscience of the body.

Modesty is the conscience of the body.

A good husband is never the first to go to sleep at night or the...

A good husband is never the first to go to sleep at night or the...

A mother who is really a mother is never free.

A mother who is really a mother is never free.

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

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

When Religion and Royalty are swept away, the people will attack the great, and after...

When Religion and Royalty are swept away, the people will attack the great, and after...

And thus Bureaucracy, the giant power wielded by pygmies, came into the world

And thus Bureaucracy, the giant power wielded by pygmies, came into the world

Nature makes only dumb animals. We owe the fools to society.

Nature makes only dumb animals. We owe the fools to society.

When women love us, they forgive us everything, even our crimes; when they do not...

When women love us, they forgive us everything, even our crimes; when they do not...

I do not regard a broker as a member of the human race.

I do not regard a broker as a member of the human race.

What is a child, monsieur, but the image of two beings, the fruit of two...

What is a child, monsieur, but the image of two beings, the fruit of two...

It is the mark of a great man that he puts to flight all ordinary...

It is the mark of a great man that he puts to flight all ordinary...