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

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.

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.

The knowledge of higher leadership can only be acquired by the study of military history and actual experience. There are no hard and fast rules; everything depends on the plans of the general, the condition of the troops, the season of the year, and a thousand other circumstances, which have the effect that no one case will ever resemble another.

Where the Government is weak, military sway prevails.