He who despises most things will be a law-giver among them.

“...poverty is not a vice, that's a true saying. Yet I know that drunkenness too…”

“Mais maintenant je dirai tout, afin que tu saches qui tu quittes, de quel homme…”

“The servants used to say, 'he read himself silly.”

“But what can a decent man speak of with most pleasure?Answer: Of himself.Well, …”