We should wash our dirty linen at home.
In war, character and opinion make more than half of the reality.
I am the successor, not of Louis XVI, but of Charlemagne.
Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.
There is only one favorable moment in war; talent consists in knowing how to seize it.
Whatever shall we do in that remote spot? Well, we will write our memoirs. Work is the scythe of time.