Impatience Is A Great Obstacle To Success;

A Leader Has The Right To Be Beaten, But Never The Right To Be Surprised.

Character Is Victory Organized.

To Write History One Must Be More Than A Man, Since The Author Who Holds The Pen Of This Great Justiciary Must Be Free From All Preoccupation Of Interest Or Vanity.

The Admiral Needs Only One Science, That Of Navigation. The General Needs All The Sciences.

The Bed Has Become A Place Of Luxury To Me! I Would Not Exchange It For All The Thrones In The World.