The worse the man the better the soldier. If soldiers be not corrupt they ought to be made so.

The torment of precautions often exceeds the dangers to be avoided. It is sometimes better to abandon one's self to destiny.

Put a rogue in the limelight and he will act like an honest man.

Promptly improve your accidents.

My true glory is not to have won 40 battles ... Waterloo will erase the memory of so many victories, ... But ... what will live forever, is my Civil Code.

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

Give me enough ribbons to place on the tunics of my soldiers and I can conquer the world.