Do you know what is more hard to bear than the reverses of fortune? It is the baseness, the hideous ingratitude, of man.

In these days the invention of printing, and the diffusion of knowledge, render historical calumnies a little less dangerous: truth will always prevail in the long run, but how slow its progress!

Cavalry is useful before, during, and after the battle.

Tis a principle of war that when you can use the lightning, 'tis better than cannon.

My true glory is not to have won 40 battles ... Waterloo will erase the memory of so many victories, ... But ... what will live forever, is my Civil Code.

One might as well try to charge through a wall.

To be believed make the truth unbelievable.