Time is one kind of robber whom the law does not strike at and who steals what is most precious to men.
If you start to take Vienna take Vienna.
If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon shots.
Victory belongs to the most persevering.
Men are moved by two levers only: fear and self interest.
You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your art of war.
Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet.
When soldiers have been baptized in the fire of a battle-field, they have all one rank in my eyes.
Circumstances-what are circumstances? I make circumstances.
What is history but a fable agreed upon?
This man Wellington is so stupid he does not know when he is beaten and goes on fighting.
Skepticism is a virtue in history as well as in philosophy.
A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.
Power is my mistress. I have worked too hard at her conquest to allow anyone to take her away from me.
One should never forbid what one lacks the power to prevent.
The human race is governed by its imagination.
The first virtue in a soldier is endurance of fatigue courage is only the second virtue.
Respect the burden.
How many really capable men are children more than once during the day?
You may ask me for anything you like except time.