Show some mercy to this chair which has stretched out its arms to you for so long; please satisfy its desire to embrace you!

All the ills of mankind, all the tragic misfortunes that fill the history books, all the political blunders, all the failures of the great leaders have arisen merely from a lack of skill at dancing.

Outside of Paris, there is no hope for the cultured.

Nothing can be fairer, or more noble, than the holy fervor of true zeal.

A good husband be the best sort of plaster for to cure a young woman's ailments.

How easily a fathers tenderness is recalled, and how quickly a son's offenses vanish at the slightest word of repentance!

Of all follies there is none greater than wanting to make the world a better place.