I have seen only yoU, I have admired only yoU, I desire only You

I am a soldier and accustomed to risking my life every day. I am full of the fire of youth; I cannot act with the restraint of an accomplished diplomat.

If the art of war were nothing but the art of avoiding risks, glory would become the prey of mediocre minds.... I have made all the calculations; fate will do the rest.

A nation recruits men more easily than it can retrieve its honour.

Obedience to public authority ought not to be based either on ignorance or stupidity.

History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.

We are born, we live, we die among supernatural.