NAUTICAL IMPRESSIONS. NAUTICAL THRILLS: Mr. PRUDHOMME. －What..., impudent waves!... do you indeed not know whom you are carrying at this moment, since you are so bold towards me?... understand that, like Xerxes, I am able to have you lashed!... Mrs. PRUDHOMME (Trembling all over) －Oh!... my dear... I beg you!... don't be impertinent to it, you'll put it in a rage and it's capable of swallowing us up!..

The Blue-stockings 5: I say, Bichette... What are you thinking of..

It was indeed worth the trouble of having us killed!

Caricaturana 33: Robert-Macaire the Journalist: I'm bringing you an article about the new law. I've slated it in a joking way, you see! －What are you thinking of, Mister Macaire, we shouldn't be attacking that law, we should defend it. － Ah,indeed, indeed, I'll rework it and make a frothy article in favour of the aforesaid law

Bathers 7: You see, master, you are... of a strength

Bathers 7: You see, master, you are... of a strength

TRIVIAL THINGS 6: －Is it to you or to the Gentleman who's your brother that I have the honour of speaking? －It is to my brother, Sir

ROBERT MACAIRE. 2nd Series 18: The way in which you go on one can clearly see that money means nothing to you! if I left you to your own devices, my money would soon be squandered... －Bah! father, it's not for yourself that you accumulate money... －Do you think perhaps it is for you, no, no, with the kind of life you lead I will live longer than you... －My dear father, you only have unpleasant things to say to me..

NEWS 51: －Are you going to open the cage door [?] －Upon my word... I'm going to repaint it

NEWS 24: A RECONCILIATION (A scene from high comedy): －I embrace you, but still hold a grudge against you! － I press you to my heart, but you’ll pay for it!

NEWS 24: A RECONCILIATION (A scene from high comedy): －I embrace you, but still hold a grudge against you! － I press you to my heart, but you’ll pay for it!

ROBERT MACAIRE. 2nd Series 12: What's the matter with you, Robert? you seem full of care. －Yes I'm vexed... Those devils of Shareholders have tormented me so much, tormented me so much that I gave them a dividend. －Deuce! a real dividend? －Yes, I gave it to them completely.. －What are you goin to do? －I'm going to try to get it back

Very good! very good! you are behaving perfectly! we are going to take you to Beaulieu, to Poissy, to Bicêtre, I am pleased with you

TRIVIAL THINGS 1: Eleven degrees centigrade! what a bad turn it gives you! and they call this a year of mercy!

EVERYTHING YOU COULD WANT 55: －I beg your pardon if I didn't spot you straight away... I was unable to recognise you among the other roses in the garden!..

PARISIANS TYPES 6: Well there you are, what've you got there? －Don't talk to me about it; we've got people to stay and I've just done my shopping

The Good Bourgeois 20: －It appears they have just seen the sea serpent again in the Indian Ocean! －Is that possible, for goodness sake! －Certainly it's possible, for goodness sake, because I told you that it says so in le Constitutionnel! so!..

The Good Bourgeois 20: －It appears they have just seen the sea serpent again in the Indian Ocean! －Is that possible, for goodness sake! －Certainly it's possible, for goodness sake, because I told you that it says so in le Constitutionnel! so!..

Bathers 1: I’m not going in again!... I think there are Crabs..

PARISIAN SKETCHES 33: － How late you are arriving at the Stock-Exchange... I'll warrant you've had a windfall?... scoundrel!... － What do you expect!... I'll settle down..., when I get old!..

TRAGIC PHYSIOGNOMIES 4: HAMLET “Take this urn and swear to me upon it,...” “Your mother, my son, was no criminal...” “Dare you do it, I believe in you!...”

Conjugal Manners 44: Inconvenient to dream aloud: I dreamed... I called Victor! You lied to me, you old gherkin, I couldn't call Victor, because you'd named him Boniface!

Strangers in Paris 10: The visit to the Hôtel des Invalides －It doesn’t smell very good, your broth...how much is it? －Whatever you can give, master... but the minimum is three francs... －Deuce...! I definitely find it a little salty

PASTORALS 22: －I tell you you've moved the boundary stone and you've moved it forward on to my field!... And I'm telling you I haven't... and I'll maintain in front of all the courts that it's due to my father, and even my grandfather, that my boundary's where it is!... Ah! but!..

PASTORALS 22: －I tell you you've moved the boundary stone and you've moved it forward on to my field!... And I'm telling you I haven't... and I'll maintain in front of all the courts that it's due to my father, and even my grandfather, that my boundary's where it is!... Ah! but!..