“It has been calculated that what with salvos, royal and military politeness, courteous exchanges of uproar, signals of etiquette, formalities of roadsteads… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
It may cost me twenty thousand francs; but for twenty thousand francs, I will have the right to rail against the iniquity… — Moliere Copy Share Image
Glory and fame mean twelve thousand francs' worth of paid articles in the newspapers and five thousand crowns' worth of dinners. — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image