"Gracious goodness! and they call you a witty man!" Bixiou.

"Haven't you understood me yet ?" Phellion.

"Your last observation was full of excellent sense." Bixiou.

"Just as full as the budget itself, and like the budget again, as complicated as it looks simple; and I set it as a warning, a beacon, at the edge of this hole, this gulf, this volcano, called, in the language of the 'Constitutionel,' 'the political horizon.'" Poiret.

"I should much prefer a comprehensible explanation." Bixiou.