The passion of love is essentially selfish, while motherhood widens the circle of our feelings.
Honore de BalzacThe art of motherhood involves much silent, unobtrusive self-denial, an hourly devotion which finds no detail too minute.
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