Let them eat cake.

But how will I eat cake if my head is over there, and my hands are over here?

You can't have your cake and eat it too

It is true I am rather taken up with dress; but as to feathers, every one wears them, and it would seem extraordinary if I did not.

The King of Prussia is innately a bad neighbor, but the English will also always be bad neighbors to France, and the sea has never prevented them from doing her great mischief.

In a month's time, I shall be able to give your Majesty news of the Comtesse de Provence, for the marriage is fixed for May 14th; they had prepared many fetes for this marriage, but now they are economising in them for want of money.