Conquests will come and go but Delambre's work will endure.

For my part, it is not the mystery of the incarnation which I discover in religion, but the mystery of social order, which associates with heaven that idea of equality which prevents the rich from destroying the poor

An army travels on its stomach. Soup makes the soldier.

In a battle, as in a siege, the art consists in concentrating very heavy fire on a particular point. The line of battle once established, the one who has the ability to concentrate an unlooked for mass of artillery suddenly and unexpectedly on one of these points is sure to carry the day.

Against attempts on my life, I trust in my luck, my good genius, and my guards.

It requires more courage to suffer than to die.

The most difficult art is not in the choice of men, but in giving to the men chosen the highest service of which they are capable.