There is nothing so dreadful as a great victory--except a great defeat.
I mistrust the judgment of every man in a case in which his own wished are concerned
God deliver me from my friends! I'll take care of my enemies myself.
A great country can have no such thing as a little war.
A great country ought not to make little wars.
The French system of conscription brings together a fair sample of all classes; ours is composed of the scum of the earth - the mere scum of the earth. It is only wonderful that we should be able to make so much out of them afterwards.