" I swear to you that I never gave way to it till I had recognized in the Baron de Macumer a character worthy of mine, a heart of which the delicacy, the generosity, the devotion, and the temper are suited to my own.” “But, my dear,” she began, interrupting me, “he is as ugly as...” “As anything you like,” I retorted quickly, “but I love his ugliness.” “If you love him, Armande,” said my father, “and have the strength to master your love, you must not risk your happiness. Now, happiness in marriage depends largely on the first days "

― Honoré de Balzac , Works of Honore de Balzac