The most desirable quality in a soldier is constancy in the support of fatigue; valor is only secondary.
Napoleon BonaparteWhatever misanthropists may say, ingrates and the perverse are exceptions in the human species.
Napoleon BonaparteMan loves the marvelous. It has an irresistible charm for him. He is always ready to leave that with which he is familiar to pursue vain inventions. He lends himself to his own deception.
Napoleon BonaparteThere is no Nation however small which had the right to set itself free, that has not rescued itself from the dishonour of obeying the Prince imposed by an enemy in the hour of victory.
Napoleon Bonaparte