It is a mistake, too, to say that the face is the mirror of the soul. The truth is, men are very hard to know, and yet, not to be deceived, we must judge them by their present actions, but for the present only.
Napoleon BonaparteIt is in times of difficulty that great nations like great men display the whole energy of their character and become an object of admiration to posterity.
Napoleon BonapartePolicemen and prisons ought never to be the means used to bring men back to the practice of religion.
Napoleon BonaparteAmong so many conflicting ideas and so many different perspectives, the honest man is confused and distressed and the skeptic becomes wicked ... Since one must take sides, one might as well choose the side that is victorious, the side which devastates, loots, and burns. Considering the alternative, it is better to eat than to be eaten.
Napoleon Bonaparte