If the art of war were nothing but the art of avoiding risks, glory would become the prey of mediocre minds.... I have made all the calculations; fate will do the rest.
History is written by the winners.
I am the successor, not of Louis XVI, but of Charlemagne.
Of all the peoples of Europe, Spaniards disgust me the least.
Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues.
Conquests will come and go but Delambre's work will endure.