I know he's a good general, but is he lucky?

It is often in the audacity, in the steadfastness, of the general that the safety and the conservation of his men is found.

My waking thoughts are all of thee. Your portrait and the remembrance of last night's delirium have robbed my senses of repose. Sweet and incomparable Josephine, what an extraordinary influence you have over my heart. Are you vexed? Do I see you sad? Are you ill at ease? My soul is broken with grief, and there is no rest for your lover.

A general's principal talent consists in knowing the mentality of the soldier and in gaining his confidence.

The ideal army would be the one in which every officer would know what he ought to do in every contingency; the best possible army is the one that comes closest to this. I give myself only half the credit for the battles I have won, and a general gets enough credit when he is named at all, for the fact is that a battle is won by the army.

Prussia was hatched from a cannon-ball.