Providence is always on the side of the last reserve.

The tools belong to the man who can use them.

The truest wisdom is a resolute determination.

If you set out to take Vienna, take Vienna.

The most difficult art is not in the choice of men, but in giving to the men chosen the highest service of which they are capable.

I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. I love it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords and harmonies.

There is only one favorable moment in war; talent consists in knowing how to seize it.