FIGARO. Defending the public good and promoting personal happiness—seems to me, that as schemes go this one, your Lordship, morally speaking, is masterly.

SUZANNE. Laws are written by the strong.

SUZZANE. If our play of the Follies of a Day,Has something serious to say,It is that folly must have its seasonTo give a human face to reason.

Il ne faut pas me dire deux fois les choses ; il ne faut pas me les dire deux fois.

FIGARO Usage, Mr Clerk, is often another name for abusage. Every client with a rudimentary education always has a better grasp of his own case than some floundering lawyer who loves the sound of his own voice, knows everything except the facts, and is no more concerned about ruining his client than about boring the court and putting their worships to sleep. And afterwards he is as pleased with himself as if he’d personally written the oration Pro Murena, Cicero’s finest.

FIGARO. The guiltiest have the hardest hearts. ’Twas ever thus.

COUNT. Best grin and bear it. What can't be cured must be endured.

FIGARO. The way I see it, sir, a man can only choose between being stupid or mad.

FIGARO. Of course. Ever since people started noticing that in time yesterday’s inanity turns into today’s wisdom, and that little old lies, planted haphazardly, grow into vast and mighty truths, there have been countless varieties! Truths you know but cannot reveal, for not every truth is suitable for telling. Truths you repeat but don’t believe, for not every truth is worth believing.

I grant men the land, the government, the wealth, all the chances. I accept that you have to hold all the cards, since that's the only way you know how to play; but I refuse to swallow your disrespect.