"One should believe in marriage as in the immortality of the soul." — Honore de Balzac

Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance

Source: Pride and Prejudice (1813)

One should always be in love. That is the reason one should never marry

Source: Miscellaneous Aphorisms (1911)

Wedding: A ceremony at which two persons undertake to become one, one undertakes to become nothing, and nothing undertakes to become supportable.

Source: The Devil's Dictionary (1911)

I count life just a stuff to try the soul's strength on

Source: In a Balcony (1855)

What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the soul

Source: The Spectator, no. 215 (1711)

A man should have the fine point of his soul taken off to become fit for this world

Source: Letters of John Keats (1817-1820)

Honore de Balzac Quote