Men are of no importance. What counts is who commands.
To govern is always to choose among disadvantages.
Always choose the hardest way, on it you will not find opponents
Victory often goes to the army that makes the least mistakes, not the most brilliant plans.
Love is the strongest force the world possesses, and yet it is the Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown.
Soyons fermes, purs et fidèles ; au bout de nos peines, il y a la plus grande gloire du monde, celle des hommes qui n'ont pas cédé. [Let us be firm, pure and faithful; at the end of our sorrow, there is the greatest glory of the world, that of the men who did not give in.]