"An unavoidable piece of business.

A gentleman who lives abroad has many necessities, and my father only left me an income of a mouldy four hundred thousand francs.

Now, I ask you, how can a man live decently on that?
If a man wants to do honour to his nation, he must, before all things, cut a decent figure abroad.

I keep going one of the first houses in Paris; I have my own meute and ecurie; my mistresses are the most famous dancers and singers.

I have travelled in Egypt.