Napoleon

Battles are lost or won in 15 minutes.

Napoleon

Being in the Tuileries is not everything: what matters is to stay here.

Napoleon

Bloodletting is among the ingredients of political medicine.

Napoleon

Charges of cavalry are equally useful at the beginning, the middle and the end of a battle. They should be made always, if possible, on the flanks of the infantry, especially when the latter is engaged in front.

Napoleon

Civilization does everything for the mind and favors it entirely at the expense of the body.

Napoleon

Clearly, the pleasures wines afford are transitory – but so are those of the ballet, or of a musical performance. Wine is inspiring and adds greatly to the joy of living.

Napoleon

Clever policy consists in making nations believe they are free.

Napoleon

Collective crimes incriminate no one.

Napoleon

Conscription is the vitality of a nation, the purification of its morality, and the real foundations of all its habits.

Napoleon

Courage cannot be counterfeited. It is one virtue that escapes hypocrisy.

Napoleon