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Honore de Balzac Quotes - Page 3

No man has ever yet discovered the way to give friendly advice to any woman, not even to his own wife.

Honore de Balzac (2014). “Analytical Studies: Physiology of Marriage and Petty Troubles of Married Life”, p.487, The Floating Press

Our heart is a treasury; if you pour out all its wealth at once, you are bankrupt.

Honore de Balzac (2015). “Father Goriot”, p.75, Library of Alexandria

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

No man should marry until he has studied anatomy and dissected at least one woman. The Physiology of Marriage Meditation V, Aphorism 28

The secret of great fortunes without apparent cause is a crime forgotten, for it was properly done.

"'Le Père Goriot' ('Father Goriot')". Book by Honoré de Balzac. Part II, 1835.