I have noticed in every campaign that I have fought-that there is a key segment of time, somewhere between 13 and 15 minutes in which the battle is won or lost. I focus on that segment of time, and I win.

Of all the peoples of Europe, Spaniards disgust me the least.

England would be better off without Canada; it keeps her in a prepared state for war at a great expense and constant irritation.

Champagne! In victory, one deserves it; in defeat one needs it.

The most desirable quality in a soldier is constancy in the support of fatigue; valor is only secondary.

What is the government? Nothing, unless supported by opinion.

My true glory is not to have won 40 battles ... Waterloo will erase the memory of so many victories, ... But ... what will live forever, is my Civil Code.