In war it is not men, but the man who counts.
It requires more courage to suffer than to die.
Do you know what astonished me the most in this world? The inability of force to create anything.
I saw the crown of France laying on the ground, so I picked it up with my sword.
The unwilling soldier will do anything to fight for a useless fabric piece of ribbon.
I don't employ Talleyrand when I want a thing done, but only when I want to have the appearance of wanting to do it.