Every sentence spoken by Napoleon, and every line of his writing, deserves reading, as it is the sense of France.

In imitation is a bit suicide.

Coffee is good for talent, but genius wants prayer.

It is impossible for a man to be cheated by anyone but himself.

The only thing that can grow is the thing you give energy to.

All great natures delight in stability; all great men find eternity affirmed in the very promise of their faculties.

A part of fate is the freedom of man. Forever wells up the impulse of choosing and acting in his soul.