There are no little events with the heart. It magnifies everything; it places in the same scales the fall of an empire of fourteen years and the dropping of a woman's glove, and almost always the glove weighs more than…

Quote by Honore De Balzac

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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.

If certain women walk straight into adultery, there are many others who cling to numerous...

If certain women walk straight into adultery, there are many others who cling to numerous...

Nothing so fortifies a friendship as a belief on the part of one friend that...

Nothing so fortifies a friendship as a belief on the part of one friend that...

Finance, like time, devours its own children.

Finance, like time, devours its own children.

Cruelty and fear shake hands together

Cruelty and fear shake hands together

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...

Small natures require despotism to exercise their sinews, as great souls thirst for equality to...

Small natures require despotism to exercise their sinews, as great souls thirst for equality to...

Excess of joy is harder to bear than any amount of sorrow.

Excess of joy is harder to bear than any amount of sorrow.

Ideas devour the ages as men are devoured by their passions. When man is cured,...

Ideas devour the ages as men are devoured by their passions. When man is cured,...

For passion, be it observed, brings insight with it; it can give a sort of...

For passion, be it observed, brings insight with it; it can give a sort of...

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...

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.

Nothing is a greater impediment to being on good terms with others than being ill...

Nothing is a greater impediment to being on good terms with others than being ill...

Conscience is our unerring judge until we finally stifle it.

Conscience is our unerring judge until we finally stifle it.

Death unites as well as separates; it silences all paltry feeling.

Death unites as well as separates; it silences all paltry feeling.

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...

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...

Children, dear and loving children, can alone console a woman for the loss of her...

Children, dear and loving children, can alone console a woman for the loss of her...

It would be curious to know what leads a man to become a stationer rather...

It would be curious to know what leads a man to become a stationer rather...

Society bristles with enigmas which look hard to solve. It is a perfect maze of...

Society bristles with enigmas which look hard to solve. It is a perfect maze of...