French emperor and military commander who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led successful campaigns during the Revolutionary Wars
A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.
When soldiers have been baptized in the fire of a battle-field, they have all one rank in my eyes.
Respect the burden.
Women are nothing but machines for producing children.
The torment of precautions often exceeds the dangers to be avoided. It is sometimes better to abandon one's self to destiny.
Ability is nothing without opportunity.
Men take only their needs into consideration - never their abilities.
Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide.
In order to govern, the question is not to follow out a more or less valid theory but to build with whatever materials are at hand. The inevitable must be accepted and turned to advantage.
There is no such thing as accident; it is fate misnamed.