Treat every Frenchman as if he was the devil himself.

Time is everything; five minutes make the difference between victory and defeat.

The politics of courts are so mean that private people would be ashamed to act in the same way; all is trick and finesse, to which the common cause is sacrificed.

Our Country will, I believe, sooner forgive an Officer for attacking his Enemy than for letting it alone.

You must consider every man your enemy who speaks ill of your King, and you must treat every Frenchman as if he were the Devil himself.

I am of the opinion that the boldest measures are the safest.

Let me alone: I have yet my legs and one arm. Tell the surgeon to make haste and his instruments. I know I must lose my right arm, so the sooner it's off the better.