If you set out to take Vienna, take Vienna.

I am the successor, not of Louis XVI, but of Charlemagne.

In our time no one has the conception of what is great. It is up to me to show them.

I am a soldier and accustomed to risking my life every day. I am full of the fire of youth; I cannot act with the restraint of an accomplished diplomat.

There are only two forces that unite men - fear and interest. All great revolutions originate in fear, for the play of interests does not lead to accomplishment.

Men are moved by two levers only: fear and self interest.

Brave deeds are the monuments of brave men.