Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

It is an approved maxim in war, never to do what the enemy wishes you to do, for this reason alone, that he desires it.

An army should have but a single line of operations which it should carefully preserve, and should abandon only when compelled by imperious circumstances.

Two of my Marshalls are racing to get under their orders the Italian troops; i leave it to Suchet who has better ambitions than Macdonald. The Italians will soon be recognized again as the first soldiers of Europe. I'm very proud of my brave Italian army.

Plans of campaign may be infinitely modified according to the circumstances, the genius of the commander, the quality of the troops and the topography of the theater of war.

A plan of campaign should anticipate everything which the enemy can do, and contain within itself the means of thwarting him.