Laws will come to be mere regulations, and ordinances will be thought laws.

God made this epoch of the world for those who like to laugh.

I live in a state of jovial admiration of the spectacle which the greatest joker of modern times, Louis XVIII., bequeathed to us" [general stupefaction].

"Gentlemen, if France, the country with the best civil service in Europe, is managed thus, what do you suppose the other nations are like?
Poor unhappy nations! I ask myself how they can possibly get along without two Chambers, without the liberty of the press, without reports, without circulars even, without an army of clerks?
Dear, dear, how do you suppose they have armies and navies?
how can they exist at all without political discussions?
Can they even be called nations, or governments?
It is said (mere traveller's tales) that these strange peoples claim to have a policy, to wield a certain influence; but that's absurd! how can they when they haven't 'progress' or 'new lights'?
They can't stir up ideas, they haven't an independent forum; they are still in the twilight of barbarism.

There are no people in the world but the French people who have ideas.