There is only one favorable moment in war; talent consists in knowing how to seize it.
It strengthens the bonds between nations to have the same civil laws and the same monetary system.
Fanaticism must be put to sleep before it can be eradicated.
There is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.
I may have had many projects, but I never was free to carry out any of them.
A battle sometimes decides everything; and sometimes the most trifling thing decides the fate of a battle.