“The more one judges the less one loves.”

-Balzac

“A man is a poor creature compared to a woman.”

-Balzac

“Marriage must incessantly contend with a monster that devours everything: familiarity.”

-Balzac

“Nothing so fortifies a frienship as a belief on the part of one friend that he is superior to the other.”

-Balzac

“We exaggerate misfortune and happiness alike. We are never as bad off or as happy as we say we are.”

-Balzac

“Laws are spider webs through which the big flies pass and the little ones get caught.”

-Balzac