He who sleeps catches no fish，but he who keeps awake catches crabs1 every moment of his life．
All professions can yield a man enough to live on，except professions of faith．
When attending the performance of some modern operas，it has struck me that the conductor was only beating time because he could not beat the composer．
If in the sight of the law all men are equal， Heaven save us from getting into its sight．
When you want to get rid of a dog， you take off his collar；when the king wants to get rid of a minister， he give shim the collarof the Order of the Annunziata．
The place where they ruin people's voices， and throw aside all the canons of art，is called the Conservatoire；and a hospital full of sick peopk is called ahouse of health（Casadi Salute2）．
Among the many motives4 which induce me to stay away from the theatre is the utter absence of all motive3 in modernoperas．
How many old phrases are required to make a new electoral programme！
All musical notes may express cheerful ideas； it is only thenotes of creditors5 which arouse none but melancholy6 reflections．
I entered the shop of a pork butcher at the moment when his son， aged7 eight， was returning from school． The poor boy was weeping bitterly．
The old story！exclaimed his parent ；I suppose you did not learn your lessons， and the master called you an ass8， as you deserved！
Yes！ replied the child， sobbing，he did call me an ass，and then
Well，and then what else？
He said，well， after all， it is no wonderlike father，like son！
Did he，indeed？the animal！exclaimed the porkbutcher．And to think that perhaps he has not yet eaten the whole of those two sausages I sent him at Christmas！
39．閑人遐思
眠者不能魚但醒者一生無時無刻捕到的卻是螃蟹。
各種職業都可賴以為生除去信仰的宣言。
觀看某些現代歌劇演出時，我突然悟到，指揮之所以僅僅只不過打拍子，是由于他打不著作曲者。
上天保佑大家別進入法律的視界，即便在法律看來每人平等。
你不想要某條狗了，就拿下它的領口當國王想擺脫某大臣，就給他戴上領飾圣母瑪麗亞榮譽騎士團的領飾①。
毀壞大家的噪音并拋棄所有藝術法規的地方叫作音樂學校（Conservatoire）；住滿患者的醫院則被叫做健康之屋（Casa di Salute）。
種種動機促進我躲開劇院，其中之一就是由于現代歌劇完全沒主題②。
得用多少老詞兒，才能編一套新的選舉綱領！
所有些音符都能表達歡樂的思想；唯獨債權人的信函③喚起的全是哀愁的念頭。
我走進殺豬屠夫的鋪子，他八歲的兒子正好放學回家。
那可憐的孩子哭得好傷心。
準又是老事重演！他爸爸吼道，我想肯定是你沒記住功課，老師罵你是蠢驢來著，你也就配挨罵！
很好，孩子回答，一邊抽泣著，他確實叫我蠢驢來著，然后
然后還有哪些？
他說，說來倒也不奇怪有其父必有其子。
他真這么說了？那個畜生！殺豬的大喊，而且想想看，我過圣誕節送他的整整兩大根肉腸只怕還并沒吃完呢！