"In war there is but one favorable..." - Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte

“In war, men are nothing, one man is everything.”

“Agriculture is the soul and chief support of empires; industry produces riches and the happiness of the people; exportation represents the superabundance, and good use of both.”

“What a beautiful fix we are in now; peace has been declared.”

“In waking a tiger, use a long stick.”

“War is ninety percent information.”

“When you determine to risk a battle, reserve to yourself every possible chance of success, more particularly if you have to deal with an adversary of superior talent, for if you are beaten, even in the midst of your magazines and your communications, woe to the vanquished!”

“Ability is of little account without opportunity. I have very rarely met with two o'clock in the morning courage: I mean instantaneous courage.”

“It is the missed opportunity that counts, and in a love that vainly yearns from behind prison bars you have perchance the love supreme.”

“Opportunity ... It has a sly habit of slipping in by the back door, and often it comes disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat. Perhaps this is why so many fail to recognize opportunity.”