A room where one merely goes to bed costs twenty sous but a room where one retires may cost twenty francs.

“Or, donner la grosse cloche en mariage à Quasimodo, c'était donner Juliette à R…”

“So long as there shall exist, by virtue of law and custom, decrees of damnation…”

“الألم ثمرة؛ الله لا يضع ثمارا على غصن ضعيف لا يحتمل حملها”

“Certain persons are malicious solely through a necessity for talking. Their con…”