“- Incredible... but we now have to give the exact weight! - and we can no longer sell bones for meat - and wine really has to be wine! - all together now: It's DISGUSTING!,” plate 4 from Croquis Parisiens

“- I was told to go to the cold batha to lose weight. - You don't say, I was just told the opposite. - Maybe they are good for everything this year! - True for everything, except cleanliness," plate 39 from Croquis D'été

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“- What? you are pressing the grapes with your feet?… - Sure, and it's not dirty at all… since I took off my shoes!,” plate 1 from Croquis D'automne

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Too Many Cooks Spoil The Broth. “- This really tastes like bad cooking,” plate 142 from Actualités

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“- Now what? Are we going to continue hunting during the rain? - Not at all! The animals are just as afraid of the rain as we are. They might not be able to find this shelter, and we would end up losing too many of them!,” plate 5 from Croquis De Chasse

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“- Yep... this is what I call a shplendid job.... and for just five sous per pound.. you reaaalllly get your money's worth!,” plate 7 from Croquis Pris Au Salon par Daumier

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“- Oh blast! .... it's again my own dog that I shot..... that's the third one in two years.... I'm really not very lucky at hunting!,” plate 6 from Croquis D'automne par Daumier

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“- It really shouldn't be allowed to return from Bercy in a state like this.... an established man like you.... I am so unhappy, my God! - What's wrong?...after all, I like the water.... am I not allowed to like the water anymore?,” plate 4 from Les Canotiers Parisiens

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“- Well, if you want to liberate the butchers' commerce, why are you against my weighing a few bones with the meat?… you are really strange, same as ever!,” plate 472 from Actualités

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Proposal for improvement for the theatres in Paris, which will not fail to have its effect during the dog days, plate 4 from Croquis d’Été

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“- Our boat let go the anchor and has drifted away.... we're stuck on this lonely island like Robinson Crusoe... and without anything to eat and no parrot... - That's true.... and I really don't know what to eat, once I have devoured you, poor Cabassol!,” plate 5 from Les Canotiers Parisiens

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“- You see, my friend Durand.... there are only two important components of happiness for a man: water and wine... but they must never be mixed, otherwise they lose their charm. - Quite right, Cabassol.... let's drink another glass of wine in honour of water!,” plate 12 from Les Canotiers Parisiens

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Abuse of article 214 of the civil law. “My lady wife, you let me want for everything, you only allow me a miserable pension of three thousand francs, you throw me out of your door like a beggar, and, what is more, you want to drive me away from Paris, exile me, deport me!... No! No! I won't leave France! I won't! I won't!!... Listen, I owe my friend Bertrand 10'000 Fr., it's a gambler's debt, a debt of honor, I owe my cook 525 Fr. and ten francs for my chambers, a total of 10'535 Fr. Let me have a few thousand francs more to take my mind off my domestic worries and, on my word of honor, I won't pester you any longer,” plate 50 from Caricaturana

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