I give you carte blanche then; you can even be impertinent if you like; I shall let it pass and horribly spoil you.

I speak as if I were a hundred years old, you say?
Well, I am, if you please; I was born before the French Revolution.

Ah, my dear, je viens de loin; I belong to the old, old world.

But it's not of that I want to talk; I want to talk about the new.

You must tell me more about America; you never tell me enough.