"A 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

"A woman knows the face of the man she loves as a sailor knows the open sea."

- Honore de Balzac

"True love is eternal, infinite, and always like itself. It is equal and pure, without violent demonstrations: it is seen with white hairs and is always young in the heart."

- Honore de Balzac

"One should believe in marriage as in the immortality of the soul."

- Honore de Balzac

"The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness."

- Honore de Balzac