Miracles are within us, natural facts which some call supernormal. Honore de Balzac (1799 – 1850)

Miracles are within us, natural facts which some call supernormal. Honore de Balzac (1799 – 1850)
None are superior to what you might become. Honore de Balzac (1799 – 1850)
Everyone believes in virtue, but who is virtuous? Honore de Balzac (1799 – 1850)
A man’s affections are just as fully satisfied by the smallest circle as they can be by a larger circle. Honore de Balzac (1799 – 1850)
A man’s own vanity is a swindler. Honore de Balzac (1799 – 1850)
Virtuous people have almost always a slight suspicion of their situation. They think they are being duped in the great market of life. Honore de Balzac (1799 – 1850)
Nothing is a greater barrier to being on good terms with others than being ill at ease with yourself. Honore de Balzac (1799 – 1850)
Gentleness in the gait is what simplicity is in the dress. Violent gestures or quick movements inspire involuntary disrespect. Honore de Balzac (1799 – 1850)
To imagine that five hundred men, drawn from every corner of the kingdom, will make a good law! Is it not a dreary joke, for which the people will sooner or later have to pay? They have a change of masters, that is all. Honore de Balzac (1799 – 1850)
To live in the presence of great truths and eternal laws… that is what keeps a man patient when the world ignores him, and calm and unspoiled when the world praises him. Honore de Balzac (1799 – 1850)