Without patience, without absence of anger, no one can be called a politician. - Stendhal

Ce sera la noblesse de leur style qui, dans quarante ans, rendra illisibles nos écrivains de 1840.

Politics in the middle of things of the imagination is like a pistol shot in the middle of a concert. The noise is loud without being forceful. It isn't in harmony with the sound of any instrument. This political discussion will mortally offend half my readers and bore the others, who have found a much more precise and vigorous account of such matters in their morning newspapers.

Nebuniile acestea vă miră fără a vă cuceri.