If I had not been defeated in Acre against Jezzar Pasha of Turk. I would conquer all of the East.

He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat.

That man [Sir Sydney Smith] made me miss my destiny.

In war, groping tactics, half-way measures, lose everything.

The Allied Powers having proclaimed that the Emperor Napoleon is the sole obstacle to the re-establishment of peace in Europe, he, faithful to his oath, declares that he is ready to descend from the throne, to quit France, and even to relinquish life, for the good of his country.

We frustrate many designs against us by pretending not to see them.