Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in.

The best way to keep one's word is not to give it.

Soldiers generally win battles; generals get credit for them.

If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life would be my god.

I believe love to be hurtful to society, and to the individual happiness of men. I believe, in short, that love does more harm than good.

Tis a principle of war that when you can use the lightning, 'tis better than cannon.

The most terrible of all my battles was the one before Moscow. The French showed themselves to be worthy of victory, but the Russians showed themselves worthy of being invincible.