To write history one must be more than a man, since the author who holds the pen of this great justiciary must be free from all preoccupation of interest or vanity.

I wish I could take a raincheck on June 18.1815

A Government protected by foreigners will never be accepted by a free people.

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.

With audacity one can undertake anything, but not do everything.

Liberty and equality are magical words.

War is a serious game in which a man risks his reputation, his troops, and his country. A sensible man will search himself to know whether or not he is fitted for the trade.