Occupation Is The Scythe Of Time.

Life Is Strewn With So Many Dangers, And Can Be The Source Of So Many Misfortunes, That Death Is Not The Greatest Of Them.

To Make Yourself Understood To People, One Must First Speak To Their Eyes

You Think You Are Too Intelligent To Believe In God. I Am Not Like You.

There Is No Man More Pusillanimous Than I When I Am Planning A Campaign. I Purposely Exaggerate All The Dangers And All The Calamities That The Circumstances Make Possible. I Am In A Thoroughly Painful State Of Agitation. This Does Not Keep Me From Looking Quite Serene In Front Of My Entourage; I Am Like An Unmarried Girl Laboring With Child. Once I Have Made Up My Mind, Everything Is Forgotten Except What Leads To Success.

Every Private In The French Army Carries A Field Marshall Wand In His Knapsack.