Many a one commits a reprehensible action, who is at bottom an honourable man, because man seldom acts upon natural impulse, but from some secret passion of the moment which lies hidden and concealed within the narrowest folds of his heart.

If I always appear prepared, it is because before entering an undertaking, I have meditated long and have foreseen what might occur. It is not genius which reveals to me suddenly and secretly what I should do in circumstances unexpected by others; it is thought and preparation

There must be Religion. Otherwise the poor would murder the rich.

The army is the true nobility of our country.

In war it is not men, but the man who counts.

All the women in the world would not make me lose an hour.

I saw the crown of France laying on the ground, so I picked it up with my sword.