Nothing so fortifies a friendship as a belief on the part of... - Honore de Balzac

"All happiness depends on courage and work."

"for a woman knows the face of the man she loves like a sailor knows the open sea"

"Love has its own instinct, finding the way to the heart, as the feeblest insect finds the way to its flower, with a will which nothing can dismay nor turn aside."

"Reading brings us unknown friends"

"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."