All the great captains have performed vast achievements by conforming with the rules of art--by adjusting efforts to obstacles.
To a father who loves his children victor has no charms. When the heart speaks, glory itself is an illusion.
Being in the Tuileries is not everything: what matters is to stay here.
Half of the people in the world are below average.
Every French soldier carriers a marshal's baton in his knapsack.
Give me enough ribbons to place on the tunics of my soldiers and I can conquer the world.