Republican despotism is more fertile in acts of tyranny, because everyone has a hand in it.

On victory, you deserve beer. On defeat, you need it.

Called to the throne by the voice of the people, my maxim has always been: A career open to talent without distinction of birth. It is this system of equality for which the European oligarchy detests me

A Constitution should be short and obscure.

In a battle, as in a siege, the art consists in concentrating very heavy fire on a particular point. The line of battle once established, the one who has the ability to concentrate an unlooked for mass of artillery suddenly and unexpectedly on one of these points is sure to carry the day.

In war one must lean on an obstacle in order to overcome it.

Neglect of duty does not cease, by repetition, to be neglect of duty.