An empty throne always tempts me.

The fate of war is to be exalted in the morning, and low enough at night! There is but one step from triumph to ruin.

Tis a principle of war that when you can use the lightning, 'tis better than cannon.

There is a joy in danger.

It's the people who are in the wrong who get angry.

When I give a minister an order, I leave it to him to find the means to carry it out.

Forethought we may have, undoubtedly, but not foresight.