Nothing to Do, and We Turn into Queen's Pink Balloons

NEWS 300: Messrs.-Cobden, Brigth[sic] and Sturges, having nothing further to do in Europe, board ship to go and pacify China

Musicians of Paris 6: If you knew how pretty you were! pretened to play.－Say nothing do.－ You do not love me si－And I shall always be! la mi

NEWS 471: － What,... is it really possible!... there'll soon be beef for next to nothing and veal into a bargain!... － So they say, misis Gobinard,.... and they say!..

Teachers and Rascals 11: Wait... I'm going to do...the school master

SKETCHES OF THE HUNT 5: －Well!... Are we going to continue our hunting, despite the vile weathe?... －No! absolutely not..., it's raining... the game fear the rain as much as we do..., they can't fail to come and shelter in this cottage, and we're going to bag lots of them!..

We lie around like a normal mother and daughter

NEWS 145: He looks terrifying for nothing... and probably even the sparrows won't be frightened of him!..

NEWS 1: I didn’t tell you to go and make yourself into... sugar! I told you to go and cook yourself!

Caricaturana 93: Suffer the little children to come unto me!... Do you understand the parable, Bertrand? －you don't! blockhead! we'll form a paternal and philanthropic association, we receive 5/10ths now, in order to give 500 for 100 in the future... －And what shall we fix it to in the future －We'll up sticks. Blockhead! There we'll place the tontine, Tonton-ton-ton, Tontine, ton-ton

NEWS 173: － Papa, why do they make these soldiers go out when it's raining. － My dear, it's to teach them to go into action

Childish Acts 1: I don't want to get into so much water... there'll be a lot of big fish in there

THE ALARMISTS AND ALARMED. 5: －Eh! so what’s new?... －Sir, whiting has become even dearer since yesterday!... －I always said that we were going to have a famine..

PARISIANS TYPES 29: Discomfort in talking to people who have a mania for putting thier story into action. －Yes dear Sir, do you think that the rrrrascal was allowed to laugh in my face. You know I won't stand for that. So, I punched him... there, like that, do you see, and I shook you... there, like that... vigorously

Ancient History 23: Beautiful Narcissus. He was young and beautiful; with their soft breath / The Zephyrs caressed his contours of manifold attractions, / And in the mirror of the fountains / He loved, as we do, to contemplate his features (Quatrain initiated by Mr. Narcisse de Salvandy)

TENANTS AND LANDLOADS 3: －I've got to contrive in here three rooms and a kitchen!..

Family Proverbs 2: Oh! Monster, you allow yourself to tell me that I'm an old melon, and that my hair is a wig: spare the rod and spoil the child!..

NEWS 106: －Well for this year Papa Mars doesn't seem to want to take my place!

MONOMANIACS 3: THE EXPERT: There are Experts and Experts, as there are Uncouth Peolple and Uncouth People. Firtly [there is] the Expert who knows (this is the rarest type); then the Expert who knows nothing, or knows stupid and useless things, that is to say, less than nothing. The Expert of these different categories passes for a profound, serious man; he is in a very good position, and makes a reputation in the world, like all who are hollow. He passes his days full of pleasures and free from failings, except that he is subject to the Cross of Honoour and the Academy

MONOMANIACS 3: THE EXPERT: There are Experts and Experts, as there are Uncouth Peolple and Uncouth People. Firtly [there is] the Expert who knows (this is the rarest type); then the Expert who knows nothing, or knows stupid and useless things, that is to say, less than nothing. The Expert of these different categories passes for a profound, serious man; he is in a very good position, and makes a reputation in the world, like all who are hollow. He passes his days full of pleasures and free from failings, except that he is subject to the Cross of Honoour and the Academy

THESE GOOD PARISIANS 13: THE PARISIAN － Tell me, worthy fellow, what do you do with all your cows when they become old and no longer give milk?... THE COW-HERD － Look here,... the tomfoolery.. you make beef out of them!..

Bathers 26: －Look out, Gargouillet, there's the master going by with his wife; we should wash our hair and hang the soap. －Thank you, I've just finished with it

NEWS 275: An animal full of modesty and having himself begged to accept the honour to be transformed into meat of the 1st class

Women Socialists 3: －It seems that the clubs are going to be completely closed... － The reac[tionaries]... They would never have dared to do that before the dissolution of the legion of Vesuvian Women!..

Kssssse! Pédro...Ksssse Ksssse! Miguel (Those two cowards will never do each other great harm)