One might as well try to charge through a wall.

In war, the moral is to the physical as three is to one.

I do not believe it is in our nature to love impartially. We deceive ourselves when we think we can love two beings, even our own children, equally. There is always a dominant affection.

If I always appear prepared, it is because before entering an undertaking, I have meditated long and have foreseen what might occur. It is not genius which reveals to me suddenly and secretly what I should do in circumstances unexpected by others; it is thought and preparation

Go Sir, gallop and don't forget that the world was made in six days. You can ask me for anything but not time.

The greatest ornament of an illustrious life is modesty and humility, which go a great way in the character even of the most exalted princes.

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.