The unwilling soldier will do anything to fight for a useless fabric piece of ribbon.

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.

Promptly improve your accidents.

In war as in love, to bring matters to a close, you must get close together.

Great ambition is the passion of a great character. Those endowed with it may perform very good or very bad acts. All depends on the principles which direct them.

The Concordat is not the victory of any one party but the consolidation of all.

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