A woman's greatest charm consists in a constant appeal to a man's generosity by a gracious declaration of helplessness which fills him with pride and awakens the most magnificent feelings in his heart.
Honore de BalzacFrance is a country that loves to change their government if it is always the same.
Honore de BalzacGratitude is a fool's word; we find it in the dictionary, but it is not in the heart of man.
Honore de BalzacOld maids, having never bent their temper or their lives to other lives and other tempers, as woman's destiny requires, have for the most part a mania for making everything about them bend to them.
Honore de Balzac