Famous quotes containing the words maison and/or paris:
“There is a social respect necessary in company: you may start your own subject of conversation with modesty, taking care, however, de ne jamais parler de cordes dans la maison d’un pendu.”
—Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl Chesterfield (1694–1773)
“When Paris sneezes, Europe catches cold.”
—Prince Metternich (1773–1859)