Be commonplace and creeping, a...

Be commonplace and creeping, any you attain all things.
[Fr., Mediocre et rampant, et l'on arrive a tout.]

It is not necessary to retain ...

It is not necessary to retain facts that we may reason concerning
them.
[Fr., Il n'est pas necessaire de tenir les choses pour en
raisonner.]

Everything ends with songs.

I hasten to laugh at everythin...

I hasten to laugh at everything, for fear of being obliged to
weep.
[Fr., Je me hate de me moquer de tous, de peur d'etre oblige d'en
pleurer.]

What silly people wits are!

Calumniate, calumniate; there ...

Calumniate, calumniate; there will always be something which
sticks.
[Fr., Calumniez, calumniez; il en reste toujours quelque chose.]

That which is not worth speaki...

That which is not worth speaking they sing.
[Fr., Ce qui ne vaut pas la peine d'etre dit, on le chante.]

I quickly laugh at everything,...

I quickly laugh at everything, for fear of having to cry.

I hasten to laugh at everythin...

I hasten to laugh at everything for fear of being obliged to weep at it.

I quickly laugh at everything ...

I quickly laugh at everything for fear of having to cry.

Where love is concerned, too m...

Where love is concerned, too much is not even enough.

It is not necessary to underst...

It is not necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.

Nowadays what isn't worth sayi...

Nowadays what isn't worth saying is sung

Can love and peace live in the...

Can love and peace live in the same heart? Youth is unhappy because it is faced with this terrible choice; love without peace, or peace without love.

Without pleasure man would liv...

Without pleasure man would live like a fool and soon die.

Without the freedom to critici...

Without the freedom to criticize, there is no true praise.

The same wind that extinguishe...

The same wind that extinguishes a light can set a brazier on fire.

A writer's inspiration is not ...

A writer's inspiration is not just to create. He must eat three times a day.

Today if something is not wort...

Today if something is not worth saying, people sing it.

If a thing isn't worth saying,...

If a thing isn't worth saying, you sing it.