History Paints The Human Heart.

If You Want To Get On In This World Make Many Promises, But Don't Keep Them.

We Are Made Weak Both By Idleness And Distrust Of Ourselves. Unfortunate, Indeed, Is He Who Suffers From Both. If He Is A Mere Individual He Becomes Nothing; If He Is A King He Is Lost.

In War, Groping Tactics, Half-way Measures, Lose Everything.

Cossacks Are The Best Light Troops Among All That Exist. If I Had Them In My Army, I Would Go Through All The World With Them.

I Am The Successor, Not Of Louis Xvi, But Of Charlemagne.