“I wish I could take a raincheck on June 18.1815”
“It's not the size of the army but the power within the army.”
“The heart of a statesman should be in his head.”
“My enemies make appointments at my tomb.”
“The first quality of the commander-in-chief is a cool head to receive a correct impression of things. He should not allow himself to be confused by either good or bad news.”
“A general must be a charlatan.”
“Human life is the only thing that takes care of itself.”
“Remember that a man, a true man, never hates. His rages and his bad moods never last beyond the present moment-like electric shocks.”
“There shall be no Alps.”
“The advance and perfecting of mathematics are closely joined to the prosperity of the nation.”
“Two armies are two bodies which meet and try to frighten each other.”
“All becomes easy when we follow the current of opinion; it is the ruler of the world.”
“The greatest general is he who makes the fewest mistakes.”
“To extraordinary circumstance we must apply extraordinary remedies.”
“An order that can be misunderstood, will be misunderstood.”
“I am the signet which marks the page where the revolution has been stopped; but when I die it will turn the page and resume its course.”
“In a conquered country benevolence is not humanitarianism. It is a general political axiom that a conqueror must not inspire a good opinion of his benevolence until he has demonstrated that he can be severe with malefactors.”
“We live and die in the midst of marvels.”
“I treat policies like war. I hoodwink one flank so as to trounce the other. In my family we kneel only to God.”
“It is necessary for the heart to feel as for the body to be fed.”
“Republican despotism is more fertile in acts of tyranny, because everyone has a hand in it.”
“In statesmanship there are predicaments from which it is impossible to escape without some wrongdoing.”
“An army which cannot be regularly recruited is a doomed army.”
“Force is the law of animals, men are ruled by conviction.”
“Keep a good table and attend to the ladies.”
