- Monsieur Beudet: Ah! Buddy! Women! Women! You know what they need?
- [picks up a doll and acts like he is going to hit it, accidentally snaps off its head]
- Monsieur Labas: A doll is fragile, it's a bit like a woman.
- Madame Beudet: [sees the clock, hears the bells chime, walks over and stares at herself in the mirror, walks over near the calendar, stares out the window, thinks to herself] And ever the same horizons...
- Title Card: Behind the facades of tranquil mansions, there are souls... .. passions...... ..