Our energies are often stimulated by the necessity of supporting a being weaker than ourselves.
Honore de BalzacThere are moments in life when all we can bear is the sense that our friend is near us; our wounds would wince at the touch of consoling words, that would reveal the depths of our pain.
Honore de BalzacA mother's happiness is like a beacon, lighting up the future but reflected also on the past in the guise of fond memories.
Honore de Balzac