My success and everything good that I have done, I owe to my mother.

We are born, we live, we die among supernatural.

In war, character and opinion make more than half of the reality.

The most terrible of all my battles was the one before Moscow. The French showed themselves to be worthy of victory, but the Russians showed themselves worthy of being invincible.

No amount of money will induce someone to lay down their life, but they will gladly do so for a bit of yellow ribbon.

Men, in general, are but great children.

There are only two forces in the world, the sword and the spirit. In the long run the sword will always be conquered by the spirit.