True wisdom, in general, consists in energetic determination.

The purpose of religion is to keep the poor from killing the rich.

What is history but a fable agreed upon?

My true glory is not to have won 40 battles ... Waterloo will erase the memory of so many victories, ... But ... what will live forever, is my Civil Code.

I have noticed in every campaign that I have fought-that there is a key segment of time, somewhere between 13 and 15 minutes in which the battle is won or lost. I focus on that segment of time, and I win.

You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your art of war.

A fool is only troublesome, a pedant insupportable.