Battles are lost or won in 15 minutes

There is no Nation however small which had the right to set itself free, that has not rescued itself from the dishonour of obeying the Prince imposed by an enemy in the hour of victory.

The only way to lead people is to show them a future: a leader is a dealer in hope.

Necessity dominates inclination, will, and right.

I have never loved anyone for love's sake except, perhaps, Josephine - a little.

The affairs of war, like the destiny of battles, as well as empires, hang upon a spiders thread.

The hand that gives is among the hand that takes. Money has no fatherland, financiers are without patriotism and without decency, their sole object is gain.