Charles Maurice De Talleyrand

Espresso is to Italy, what champagne is to France.

A court is an assembly of noble and distinguished beggars.

If we go on explaining we shall cease to understand one another.

I am more afraid of an army of 100 sheep led by a lion than an army of 100 lions led by a sheep.

What clever man has ever needed to commit a crime? Crime is the last resort of political half-wits.

An important art of politicians is to find new names for institutions which under old names have become odious to the public.

Love of glory can only create a great hero; contempt of glory creates a great man.

Show me another pleasure like dinner which comes every day and lasts an hour.

Speech has been given to man to disguise his thoughts.