A clever woman often compromises her husband; a stupid woman only compromises herself.
Charles Maurice de TalleyrandThe art of statesmanship is to foresee the inevitable and to expedite its occurrence.
Charles Maurice de TalleyrandThere are many people who have the gift, or failing, of never understanding themselves. I have been unlucky enough, or perhaps fortunate enough to have received the opposite gift.
Charles Maurice de TalleyrandSuave molecules of Mocha stir up your blood, without causing excess heat; the organ of thought receives from it a feeling of sympathy; work becomes easier and you will sit down without distress to your principal repast which will restore your body and afford you a calm, delicious night.
Charles Maurice de Talleyrand