It's an odd job, making decent people laugh.
The ancients, sir, are the ancients, and we are the people of today.
It may cost me twenty thousand francs; but for twenty thousand francs, I will have the right to rail against the iniquity of humanity, and to devote to it my eternal hatred.
Sometimes I feel something akin to rage At the corrupted morals of this age!
People can be induced to swallow anything, provided it is sufficiently seasoned with praise.
To find yourself jilted is a blow to your pride. Do your best to forget it and if you don't succeed, at least pretend to.