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

There are no little events with the heart. It magnifies everything; it places in the...

There are no little events with the heart. It magnifies everything; it places in 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.

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...

Behind every great fortune lies a great crime.

Behind every great fortune lies a great crime.

An unfulfilled vocation drains the color from a man's entire existence.

An unfulfilled vocation drains the color from a man's entire existence.

To kill a relative of whom you are tired is something. But to inherit his...

To kill a relative of whom you are tired is something. But to inherit his...

Genius is intensity

Genius is intensity

A young bride is like a plucked flower; but a guilty wife is like a...

A young bride is like a plucked flower; but a guilty wife is like a...

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

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

Love or hatred must constantly increase between two persons who are always together; every moment...

Love or hatred must constantly increase between two persons who are always together; every moment...

They ended as all great passions do end-----by a misunderstanding...

They ended as all great passions do end-----by a misunderstanding...

A courage which looks easy and yet is rare; the courage of a teacher repeating...

A courage which looks easy and yet is rare; the courage of a teacher repeating...

Chance, my dear, is the sovereign deity in child-bearing.

Chance, my dear, is the sovereign deity in child-bearing.

Conscience is our unerring judge until we finally stifle it.

Conscience is our unerring judge until we finally stifle it.

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.

Conviction brings a silent, indefinable beauty into faces made of the commonest human clay; the...

Conviction brings a silent, indefinable beauty into faces made of the commonest human clay; the...

A mother who is really a mother is never free.

A mother who is really a mother is never free.

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...

May we never let the things we can't have, or don't have, or shouldn't have,...

May we never let the things we can't have, or don't have, or shouldn't have,...

Love is when the other person's happiness is more important than your own.

Love is when the other person's happiness is more important than your own.