What makes friendship indissolute and what doubles its charms is a feeling we find lacking in love: I mean certitude.
Honore de BalzacAn ugly woman, married to King Henry VIII, would have defied the axe and daunted her husband's infidelities.
Honore de BalzacThe happier a man, the more apt he is to tremble. In hearts exclusively tender, anxiety and jealousy are in exact proportion to happiness.
Honore de Balzac