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

I would rather have a general who was lucky than one who was good.

Nothing is lost as long as courage remains

You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your art of war.

Die young, and I shall accept your death-but not if you have lived without glory, without being useful to your country, without leaving a trace of your existence: for that is not to have lived at all.

There is no Nation however small which had the right to set itself free, that has not rescued itself from the dishonour of obeying the Prince imposed by an enemy in the hour of victory.

Impatience is a great obstacle to success; he who treats everything with brusqueness gathers nothing, or only immature fruit which will never ripen.