French emperor and military commander who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led successful campaigns during the Revolutionary Wars
Medicines are only fit for old people.
One should never forbid what one lacks the power to prevent.
Forethought we may have, undoubtedly, but not foresight.
France has more need of me than I have need of France.
I made all my generals out of mud.
Music is the voice that tells us that the human race is greater than it knows.
A true man hates no one.
The herd seek out the great, not for their sake but for their influence; and the great welcome them out of vanity or need.
The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man.
I am the successor, not of Louis XVI, but of Charlemagne.