Fashion condemns us to many follies, the greatest is to make oneself its slave.

Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide.

Nothing is so contrary to military rules as to make the strength of your army known, either in the orders of the day, in proclamations, or in the newspapers.

Conquest has made me what I am, only conquest can maintain me.

True character stands the test of emergencies. Do not be mistaken, it is weakness from which the awakening is rude.

Ordinarily men exercise their memory much more than their judgment.

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.