Men are perfectly willing to abandon a woman but they refuse to be abandoned by her.
Honore de BalzacThe election of a deputy to the Legislature offers a noble and majestic spectacle comparable only to the delivery of a child. It involves the same efforts, the same impurities, the same laceration, and the same triumph.
Honore de BalzacNoble hearts are neither jealous nor afraid because jealousy spells doubt and fear spells pettiness.
Honore de BalzacMan can start with aversion and end with love, but if he begins with love and comes round to aversion he will never get back to love.
Honore de Balzac