In war one must lean on an obstacle in order to overcome it.

If I always appear prepared, it is because before entering an undertaking, I have meditated long and have foreseen what might occur. It is not genius which reveals to me suddenly and secretly what I should do in circumstances unexpected by others; it is thought and preparation

If you (to General Bertrand) do not perceive that Jesus Christ is God, very well; then I did wrong to make you a general.

Show me a family of readers, and I will show you the people who move the world.

The strong man is the one who is able to intercept at will the communication between the senses and the mind.

Treason is a matter of dates.

There is no such thing as an accident, only a failure to recognise the hand of fate