Fanaticism must be put to sleep before it can be eradicated.
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.
Treaties are observed as long as they are in harmony with interests.
There is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.
In my youth I, too, entertained some illusions; but I soon recovered from them.
War is a lottery in which nations ought to risk nothing but small amounts.