- La chanteuse de rue: [singing] Beware of Paris, Its streets, its gray sky, For each woman, a caress, For each man, a mistress, Hold me close to you, It hurts, but I love it, too, No promises, only kisses, Wild passions of lads and misses, Beware of Paris...
- Elena Sokorowska, Le comte Henri de Chevincourt: [singing] Artillery men, dear brothers, Lift a glass to your health, And sing this gay chorus, Hurrah for artillery men, women, and wine...
- Elena Sokorowska: [singing] Brave knight to your beloved come
- Le comte Henri de Chevincourt: Without dismounting
- Elena Sokorowska, Le comte Henri de Chevincourt: Kiss the amorous lips...
- Elena Sokorowska: Give me some more wine.
- Le comte Henri de Chevincourt: Watch out. It goes to your head.
- Elena Sokorowska: It's like drinking water. Only much better.
- Le comte Henri de Chevincourt: I know a place that has the best champagne in Paris.
- Elena Sokorowska: Where's that?
- Le comte Henri de Chevincourt: My place.
- Elena Sokorowska: Don't you feel the weight of your enormous responsibility? You're the heir apparent to a new empire, the alliance of leather and rubber. Don't you see. Clogs, galoshes, riding boots of leather and rubber.
- Lolotte: I've heard Bourbon-Salins is very pretty. It has mountains.
- Eugène Martin-Michaud: Bourbon-Salins isn't the only place with mountains.
- Le chef des bohèmiens: I'll tell you my secret: if you want to win a woman over, agree with her. Once you're master, get out the club.
- Miarka, la gitane: [singing] O night, My friend, I await you, O night, Bring me a lover, O night, Ensnare in my tresses, A lover to love me alone, At dawn he'll leave without a sound, O night, In your dark firmament, O night...
- Martin-Michaud: What a crazy undertaking. Dictatorship doesn't stand a chance in.a country where matters of the heart are so important.
- Le comte Henri de Chevincourt: The French respect love. If they think Rollan came here for romance, they'll forget about politics for a moment.
- Elena Sokorowska: Mr. de Chevincourt, how superficial.
- Le comte Henri de Chevincourt: Perhaps it's a form of civilization. When it comes to drilling oil or choosing governments or manufacturing explosives, perhaps we're not the best. But when it comes to the art of living, you can count on the French.
- Général François Rollan: What are you doing here? Tonight's full of trickery!
- Paulette Escoffier: Simply the end of a dream. Our real life is beginning.