Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.

I don't employ Talleyrand when I want a thing done, but only when I want to have the appearance of wanting to do it.

The first quality of the commander-in-chief is a cool head to receive a correct impression of things. He should not allow himself to be confused by either good or bad news.

Policemen and prisons ought never to be the means used to bring men back to the practice of religion.

The fate of war is to be exalted in the morning, and low enough at night! There is but one step from triumph to ruin.

Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent.

Prussia was hatched from a cannon-ball.