I attribute my success on the battlefield to always being on the spot to see and do everything for myself

There is no mistake; there has been no mistake; and there shall be no mistake.

Be discreet in all things, and so render it unnecessary to be mysterious about any.

If you had seen one day of war, you would pray to God that you would never see another.

Next to a battle lost, the greatest misery is a battle gained.

It is very true that I have said that I considered Napoleon's presence in the field equal to forty thousand men in the balance. This is a very loose way of talking; but the idea is a very different one from that of his presence at a battle being equal to a reinforcement of forty thousand men.

There are no manifestos like cannon and musketry.