To enlist the support of the people and of parliament, you only have to propose a profitable villainy.

Do old people always live in the past? What yesterday was firm and true, may not be so today.

The ramparts of Vienna are crumbling into the sand; no one wants to live so confined, however, the entire country is already surrounded by a Chinese wall!

At certain times, men regard poetry merely as a bright flame, but to women it was, and always will be, a warm fire.

When receiving an order, many servants repeat their "yes" numerous times, especially the lazy ones.

Someone who is reluctant to say what he needs to say, often ends up doing so with an insolence whose crassness is proportionate tohis fear, once he gathers the necessary courage.

What are the characteristics of today's world so that one may recognize it by them?" It pays pensions and borrows money: credit and monuments.