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

We must laugh at man to avoid crying for him.

What is history but a fable agreed upon?

When small men attempt great enterprises, they always end by reducing them to the level of their mediocrity.

When soldiers have been baptized in the fire of a battle-field, they have all one rank in my eyes.

Women are nothing but machines for producing children.

War is the business of barbarians.

You must not fear death, my lads; defy him, and you drive him into the enemy's ranks.

Victory belongs to the most persevering.

To do all that one is able to do, is to be a man; to do all that one would like to do, is to be a god.

Water, air, and cleanness are the chief articles in my pharmacy.

Throw off your worries when you throw off your clothes at night.

A picture is worth a thousand words.

A revolution can be neither made nor stopped. The only thing that can be done is for one of several of its children to give it a direction by dint of victories.

Men are moved by two levers only: fear and self interest.