"Your language is unparliamentary and lacks the courtesy and consideration which are due to a colleague." Vimeux.

"It seems to me that if what he says is false, the proper name for it is calumny, defamation of character; and such a slanderer deserves the thrashing." Fleury [getting hot].

"If the government offices are public places, the matter ought to be taken into the police-courts." Phellion [wishing to avert a quarrel, tries to turn the conversation].
"Gentleman, might I ask you to keep quiet?
I am writing a little treatise on moral philosophy, and I am just at the heart of it." Fleury [interrupting].

"What are you saying about it, Monsieur Phellion ?" Phellion [reading].

"Question .-- What is the soul of man?
"Answer .-- A spiritual substance which thinks and reasons." Thuillier.