She is a clever woman, this Madame Grand.

I have observed that she listens with attention.' Talleyrand shrugged his rounded shoulders.

'Intellect in a woman is not always an advantage, Sire.

A clever woman compromises her husband.
A stupid woman only compromises herself.' 'The cleverest woman,' said Napoleon, 'is the woman who is clever enough to conceal her cleverness.

The women in France have always been a danger, for they are cleverer than the men.