War is a serious game in which a man risks his reputation, his troops, and his country. A sensible man will search himself to know whether or not he is fitted for the trade.
An army travels on its stomach. Soup makes the soldier.
Soldiers generally win battles; generals get credit for them.
I am the successor, not of Louis XVI, but of Charlemagne.
There are only two forces that unite men - fear and interest.
In tragedy great men are more truly great than in history. We see them only in the crises which unfold them.