The object of war is victory, the object of victory is conquest, and the object of conquest is occupation.

A throne is only a bench covered with velvet.

Nothing is so contrary to military rules as to make the strength of your army known, either in the orders of the day, in proclamations, or in the newspapers.

The first quality of a soldier is constancy in enduring fatigue and hardship. Courage is only the second. Poverty privation and want are the school of the good soldier.

The art of being sometimes audacious and sometimes very prudent is the secret of success.

Love is the occupation of the idle man, the amusement of a busy one, and the shipwreck of a sovereign.

If you (to General Bertrand) do not perceive that Jesus Christ is God, very well; then I did wrong to make you a general.