"My dear...come see these pretty diamonds!"

The Reading

Are you the old guy who always comes for dinner? . . . Sir, Papa's not here.

The Mother of the Singer: "And to think that this miser of a director was sour-faced to give 60,000 francs a year to an angel who sings like that!"

Yvette Guilbert

A Parisian Remains Faithful to the Cult of Tragedy

"Why is it that the others say...that this long pigtail is of no use to the Chinese!...it's great for taking swimming lessons..."

What is the show that you prefer, Mr. Prudhomme?

"And I, John, saw these things, and heard them."

The Pinned Hat

"Do not meddle with it!"

Mister, it's not true, is it, that you don't dye your hair?

Caroline Murat