Nothing so fortifies a friendship as a belief on the part of one friend that he is superior to the other.

Quote by Honore De Balzac

Topics: Friendship Quotes

Women are tenacious, and all of them should be tenacious of respect; without esteem they...

Women are tenacious, and all of them should be tenacious of respect; without esteem they...

If we could but paint with the hand what we see with the eye.

If we could but paint with the hand what we see with the eye.

The errors of women spring, almost always, from their faith in the good, or their...

The errors of women spring, almost always, from their faith in the good, or their...

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...

Love is a game in which one always cheats.

Love is a game in which one always cheats.

A mother who is really a mother is never free.

A mother who is really a mother is never free.

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...

Cruelty and fear shake hands together

Cruelty and fear shake hands together

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.

Suicide, moreover, was at the time in vogue in Paris: what more suitable key to...

Suicide, moreover, was at the time in vogue in Paris: what more suitable key to...

A mother's life, you see, is one long succession of dramas, now soft and tender,...

A mother's life, you see, is one long succession of dramas, now soft and tender,...

A lover always thinks of his mistress first and himself second; with a husband it...

A lover always thinks of his mistress first and himself second; with a husband it...

A flow of words is a sure sign of duplicity.

A flow of words is a sure sign of duplicity.

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...

Towns find it as hard as houses of business to rise again from ruin.

Towns find it as hard as houses of business to rise again from ruin.

It is easier to be a lover than a husband for the simple reason that...

It is easier to be a lover than a husband for the simple reason that...

The more one judges, the less one loves.

The more one judges, the less one loves.

It is only in the act of nursing that a woman realizes her motherhood in...

It is only in the act of nursing that a woman realizes her motherhood in...

Modesty is the conscience of the body.

Modesty is the conscience of the body.

Power is action; the electoral principle is discussion. No political action is possible when discussion...

Power is action; the electoral principle is discussion. No political action is possible when discussion...