In war, character and opinion make more than half of the reality.

Never tell your enemy he is doing the wrong thing.

There is only one favorable moment in war; talent consists in knowing how to seize it.

A woman laughing is a woman conquered.

In our time no one has the conception of what is great. It is up to me to show them.

When soldiers have been baptized in the fire of a battle-field, they have all one rank in my eyes.

If you wish to be a success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing.