Oh, my fellow men, when one day you read this, remember that you were unjust to me and let the unfortunate one console himself if he can find one like himself, who, in spite of all obstacles which nature has thrown in his way, has still done everything in his power to be received into the ranks of worthy artists and men.

L'esprit vous satisfait, ou du moins vous console: Mais on préférerait de vivre jeune et folle, Et laisser aux vieillards exempts de passions La triste gravité de leurs reflexions.

Naught offers recompense for thee, No hopes console or fears betray For whom now live I in this world?

At the foot of my bed was placed a console, supporting a huge Bible and Prayer-book, bound alike in purple velvet, emblazoned with central suns of goldan arch-hypocrisy that was not lost on its object.

Qu'on me chasse, je m'y soumets: ma probité me console.

These are flanked by the terminal figures, against which, upon projecting consoles, stand the bound captives.

Elle sera ma femme; mais, en revanche, je serai son mari: c'est ce qui me console, et ce sont plus ses affaires que les miennes.