History is the zoology of the human race.

Today is, after all, today, but yesterday is of the same substance as tomorrow.

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!

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

It is the emotions to which one objects in Germany most of all.

The main reason why men and women make different aesthetic judgments is the fact that the latter, generally incapable of abstraction, only admire what meets their complete approval.

The courts used to be, fair and square, the avengers of secular crimes; but nowadays they demand respect even for the criminal.