In War One Must Lean On An

Ambition Never Is In A Greater Hurry That I; It Merely Keeps Pace With Circumstances And With My General Way Of Thinking.

Conscription Is The Vitality Of A Nation, The Purification Of Its Morality, And The Real Foundations Of All Its Habits

My True Glory Is Not To Have Won 40 Battles ... Waterloo Will Erase The Memory Of So Many Victories, ... But ... What Will Live Forever, Is My Civil Code.

The Transition From The Defensive To The Offensive Is One Of The Most Delicate Operations In War.

Ability Is Nothing Without Opportunity.